A Wauconda and Holiday Hills police officer who was in critical condition following an off-duty crash has been taken out of a coma and is alert and communicating, officials said.
Robert Pet pointed a bullet magazine against a man’s chest and was quickly pummeled by a group of people, one of whom wrestled his gun away, according to a newly released report by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.
A Crystal Lake man has been sentenced to five years in prison after he stole approximately $1 million from his employer in Wauconda through a cell phone upgrade scheme.
A Wauconda man, who is on probation for fleeing from police, was arrested and had his BMW seized after authorities say he fled from police on at least three occasions recently in Lake County.
Authorities have released the name of a 14-year-old boy shot and killed Sunday afternoon in what they now are characterizing as a gang-related attack at the Citgo at the corner of 10th and Jackson Street in North Chicago.