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Early-morning police activity near Crystal Lake was “peacefully resolved" and was prompted by a mental health crisis, police said.
Bourbonnais police continue to investigate a report of shots fired at approximately 12:14 a.m. Sept. 13 on Stratford Drive.
An assistant principal at Lincoln Middle School in Berwyn was one of three victims of a shooting that took place on Tuesday outside the school
A suspect is in custody in Shorewood after two homes were struck by gunfire Tuesday morning, including the residence of State Senator Meg Loughran Cappel.
A Joliet man faces multiple felony weapons charges after allegedly firing a handgun from a vehicle on Tuesday night, according to police
A Chicago man accused of possessing hundreds of grams of fentanyl and cocaine when arrested in Algonquin after fleeing police in Crystal Lake was sentenced Friday to 14 1/2 years in prison.
Harvard police are seeking man who they said fled from them Saturday night after allegedly shoving a pistol at a teen during an argument.
Shorewood Police were called to the scenes of shootings early Tuesday morning which left two homes damaged, but did not result in any injuries.
Manteno police arrested Jayvin J. Savoie, of Manteno, for allegedly shooting a person Sept. 5.
Joliet police detectives have identified a person of interest in the investigation of an armed robbery last Saturday at Circle K gas station.
A Lombard man accused of battering several DuPage County Sheriff’s deputies Friday, sending three to the hospital, has been ordered held pending trial.
A Roselle man charged with possessing images and videos of child sexual abuse material and possession of methamphetamine will remain in jail until at least his next court date, prosectors said.
Authorities allege a 19-year-old man knew the drugs he was peddling were of “low quality” yet continued to sell them, including the dose of MDMA that they say killed a Wonder Lake teen.
The third of three defendants charged in connection with the fatal fentanyl overdose of a Crystal Lake man pleaded guilty Thursday.
An Elgin man is suspected in a string of incidents that began early Thursday morning when authorities said he entered an Algonquin home through an unlocked sliding door and stole a truck.
Officers responded to the 500 block of Bellarmine Drive East at 9 p.m. Wednesday for a report of shots fired in a parking lot, Joliet police said,
Joliet Central High School was briefly put on lockdown Thursday morning due to police activity in the surrounding area. Joliet police said the incident involved a suspect who fled during a traffic stop.
A Cicero man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after prosecutors said he turned the Fox River Grove Jewel-Osco parking lot into an “open-air drug market.”
Attorneys for both sides in the Xandria Harris case worked out several items during a hearing Monday at the Kankakee County Courthouse.
A lawsuit has been filed against a Buffalo Grove man charged with secretly recording nude footage of multiple females, including minors, using hidden cameras at his home and his Addison ice cream shop.
A Wauconda man has pleaded guilty Friday to possessing 11 pounds of marijuana, which was found by police in a suitcase and on a bus parked in a Lake in the Hills industrial park.
Manteno police said they investigated a report of shots fired Friday night in the area of the 100 block of East Second Street.
A Marengo man who has a history of peering into the windows of unsuspecting women has been charged with another alleged offense.
A former psychiatric patient from Crest Hill is charged threatening to burn a mental health facility to the ground with a technician inside after he was upset about the investigation of his claim against her.
Glen Ellyn police said they have made an additional arrest stemming from a large gathering of young people at a park district pool on the day after the Fourth of July.
An unincorporated Antioch woman has been charged after allegedly making a false 911 call, falsely reporting that her ex-husband shot and killed her children.
A man is facing multiple felony charges after he was accused of selling fake grenades during an undercover operation in Will County.
A Lake in the Hills businessman was denied his request to seal his conviction for evading more than $3 million in state sales tax from several Denny's restaurants he owned.
Kankakee police arrested a Kankakee homeowner for his alleged involvement in a June 13 arson fire of his garage.
Batavia police are investigating a burglary reported at a home Wednesday and asking the public for help.
A Will County judge will decide whether a Joliet man committed first-degree murder or was acting in self-defense during a 2021 incident where a teen was shot and killed.
Khamryn Zyiel Johnson is named in a five-count federal complaint following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations. He was arrested in June and remains in federal custody.
A Rockford cleaning woman has been charged with stealing more than $10,000 worth of jewelry from a client’s home in Glen Ellyn, prosecutors said.
The Plano Police Department is seeking help from the public locating a suspect in a hit-and-run crash that occurred on Monday.
A Crystal Lake man who pleaded guilty in federal court to defrauding investors of more than $8 million is requesting for his sentencing to be postponed again due to ongoing health issues, according to court documents.
Ten years after the death of Fox Lake police Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz, key payers remember the case.
A prosecutor said he is narrowing the timeframe on an indictment accusing a former Wonder Lake grocery store owner and ski team instructor of sexually abusing a child.
A mother and father have been charged after their children were found living in unsanitary conditions, and child sexual abuse images were found in the father’s possession, police said.
Two Lake County men have been arrested in connection with an aggravated battery that occurred in Fox Lake.
The operation in the country’s third-largest city is expected to last about 30 days and could start as early as Sept. 5
Two Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department deputies suffered minor injuries when the squad car they were in was allegedly hit by a 13-year-old boy who was driving a stolen vehicle Friday afternoon.
The Diocese of Joliet has issued a response to the deadly shooting at a Catholic School mass in Minnesota, and says it plans to review school safety policies with principals.
A Chicago man admitted Thursday that he asked a woman outside an Algonquin store for a donation for “underprivileged children,” then increased her offering from $10 to $1,000.
A McHenry County man is accused of chatting with dozens of children on Snapchat and exchanging explicit videos some four, according to authorities.
Raymond D. Martinez, 33, was arrested after leading police on a chase in a stolen vehicle, crashing into another car and briefly prompting nearby schools to go on lockdown, according to Joliet police.
A Lake in the Hills man accused of sexually assaulting a child younger than 13 was detained Wednesday in McHenry County jail, where he has worked in the past mentoring inmates. He works at Judson University.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is doubling down on his message to President Donald Trump that the nation’s third-largest city doesn’t need or want military intervention to fight crime, showing off parts of the city where violent crime has decrease
Kankakee police made two arrests Tuesday related to an Aug. 7 shooting of a mother and her son in the 200 block of Crestlane Drive.
Authorities said a Woodstock man with multiple prior domestic violence convictions struck a woman in the head with an object early Sunday and has been jailed awaiting trial.
Alan Hanke of Crystal Lake - due to be sentenced next week in an $8 million Ponzi scheme - is trying to withdraw his guilty plea to defrauding the McHenry American Legion.