Law & Order column: Sheriff’s Office receives national honors
Locally, officers are embedded at schools across Lake County, helping identify safety concerns and acting as a resource and a mentor for students.
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Mundelein man charged with soliciting teen girl
Homero Sotero-Ocampo, 41, of the 300 block of Shady Lane, was charged with indecent solicitation of a minor following the Thursday incident, police said.
Law & Order column: Arrest made in April 3 Gurnee shooting
Semaj K. Wilcox, 18, of Gurnee, turned himself in to police after a warrant was issued in conjunction with the shooting, authorities said.
Zion man sentenced to 67 years for ‘cold-blooded’ killing of ‘deeply loved’ Beach Park father
Davis was sentenced Thursday by Lake County Judge Christopher Lombardo, who imposed a 42-year sentence for murder plus a 25-year enhancement for the use of a firearm.
CLC staffer charged with grooming Wauconda High students
Police from Wauconda, Island Lake, and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office conducted a search warrant Thursday at Faulkner’s residence.
Buffalo Grove High staffer pronounced dead after campus crash: ‘This … has deeply impacted our high school community’
A Buffalo Grove High staffer has died days after being critically injured during a vehicle/pedestrian crash on campus, police said.
Authorities ask for help identifying lake drowning victim
The man’s body was sighted in shallow waters along the Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve beach in Highland Park on Friday.
Two found guilty of murder in noise-related beach fight
The verdict was read at about 7:30 p.m., about five hours after attorneys finished more than three hours of closing arguments in a rare weekend session.
Law & Order column: County reports record year in seizures
In 2025, the SIG opened 184 investigations and arrested more than 100 people, while seizing more than $ 7 million in illegal drugs.
Trial begins for two charged in 2022 fatal beachfront fight
The jury heard lawyers describe a fatal confrontation, with prosecutors saying the defendants attacked and killed Ascadridis, and defense attorneys contending that Ascaridis was the aggressor.