Lake and McHenry County Scanner is a local breaking news website covering issues that matter such as shootings, stabbings, house fires, kidnappings, car accidents, and more around Lake County and McHenry County.
Jonathan T. Larson was charged with driving under the influence,aggravated battery on a peace officer and aggravated assault on an officer.
Three women were charged and multiple workers were rescued during a human trafficking sting conducted by local and federal authorities a ...
A Fox River Grove man was charged with child pornography following the incident, police said.
Jerome A. Murray was charged with two counts of attempted aggravated criminal sexual abuse and two counts of domestic battery.
DCFS was notified after police say a Highland Park mother drove drunk with her children in the car and crashed into another vehicle.
A Zion man was arrested after police say he nearly rammed his ex-girlfriend’s vehicle with his vehicle and fired a weapon.
The order is effective Tuesday, November 17 at 11:59 p.m., and will remain in effect for the next 30 days.
A 69-year-old man was killed after he drove his car into the opposite lanes of traffic, striking two cars, police said.
Police conducted a search warrant and found approximately 118 pounds of cannabis products at the residence of Carl D. Ciampanelli.
Cristhiam F. Espina was charged with raping a female family member in Crystal Lake in August, according to court documents.
Jenny Lenzini, 26, was killed in a motorcycle crash on Saturday in North Port, Florida.
An allegedly-accidental fire left a home near McHenry uninhabitable with more than $200,000 in damage Friday morning.
A man was charged with sexually assaulting a woman, who he knew, at a residence in Crystal Lake last month, court documents allege.
A Zion man was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a teenager who was on a bike path in Waukegan last week, police said.
The two drivers sustained major injuries during the crash and paramedics pronounced both of them dead at the scene.
Gary T. Petersen, 55, of Crystal Lake, pleaded guilty on Monday to federal income tax evasion in front of U.S. District Judge Iain Johnston.
Police identified the suspect as Arin M. Fox; her relationship to the victims was not released.
The Lake County Health Department mistakenly released personal health information of nearly 4,000 residents of long-term care facilities.
A Kenosha man, who is accused of driving Kyle Rittenhouse back to Antioch following the fatal Kenosha shootings, has been charged.
Deputies found a two-vehicle crash involving a 2001 Dodge Ram and a 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix with multiple people injured.
