Crime & Courts | Lake County Journal

An Antioch man faces charges after he fired a warning shot at fishermen that he said were trespassing on his private pond, police said.

A 42-year-old Fox Lake man has been charged with misdemeanor domestic battery involving a 7-year-old boy who reached out to school counselor, police said.

An additional person has been charged in connection with an October drive-by shooting death in Ingleside.

A Round Lake Beach man is accused of purposely driving his car into the garage of a Crystal Lake home and damaging a Crystal Lake business Thursday night, causing approximately $135,000 in damage, authorities said.

Before a packed courtroom in McHenry County Thursday, friends and family of 24-year-old man killed by a drunk driver spoke of the light and love he brought to their lives.

Several Lake County Sheriff’s deputies were sprayed with bear spray Monday morning while dealing with a person having a mental health crisis, causing one to be hospitalized.

A Fox Lake man allegedly threatened a neighbor with a gun after an exchange over a loose dog.

A man convicted in a New Year’s Day 2005 drunken-driving crash in Chicago that killed a taxi driver and passenger has been charged with DUI and causing a crash near McHenry.

An Island Lake man had been accused of viewing thousands of videos depicting child sexual abuse that one investigator called among "the worst" he'd seen. The man pleaded guilty to one video and is headed to prison.


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