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‘Our Deputies Are Trained to Respond Immediately:' Lake County Sheriff Reacts to Uvalde Shooting
Following Tuesday’s mass shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead at a Texas elementary school and scrutiny of the police response, Lake County Sheriff John D. Idleburg wrote a message to residents, explaining what steps would be taken if an “active threat” were to occur in Lake County. Police admitted to a stunning string of failures Friday —…
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Children Made 911 Calls From Inside Classroom for Help While Police Delayed Tactical Response
Texas authorities acknowledged Friday that officers did not immediately enact a tactical response during a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, despite 911 calls from students inside begging for help.
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Drunk School Bus Driver Caused Crash With Students Onboard: Lake County Sheriff
A suburban school bus driver’s blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when he collided with an SUV while transporting students in Lake County, authorities said. James Dolan, 61, of Hoffman Estates, was transporting students from Barrington School District 220’s Prairie Middle School on Thursday when he failed to yield to oncoming traffic at Cuba and Ela…
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Woman, Baby Killed in Crash After Police Chase on I-80/94
A woman and baby were killed Friday when the car they were riding in crashed into a semi during a police chase in northwest Indiana, according to officials. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.
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Woman, Baby Killed in Crash After Police Chase on I-80/94 in Northwest Indiana
A woman and infant died Friday after a crash on Interstate 80/94 in northwest Indiana that started as a police chase, according to law enforcement.
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Lake County Sheriff's Office Warns of Scammers Posing as Police Officers
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office issued a warning Thursday of a scam involving an offender posing as police officer calling residents. The sheriff’s office is investigating a series of these offenses in which an unknown caller poses as a police officer calling residents saying there’s an active warrant for their arrest. According to police, the offender identifies himself as...
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Indiana Town Official Apologizes for Blackface Halloween Costume
An Indiana town official recently apologized for wearing a Blackface costume at a Halloween party nearly 20 years ago. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.
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NW Indiana Town Official Apologizes for Blackface Halloween Costume
A northwestern Indiana City Council member and police officer has apologized after photos recently surfaced of him in blackface nearly 20 years ago at a Halloween party.
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Police Release Video of Vehicle Wanted in Fatal Gary Shooting
Police released video Thursday of a vehicle wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man last month in Gary, Indiana.
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2 Teens Shot, 1 Fatally After Fight Over Stolen Vehicle in Volo
Two teenage boys from Carol Stream were shot, one of them fatally, Sunday after getting into a fight with a Round Lake Beach man who allegedly found them in his stolen vehicle in northwest suburban Volo. The 35-year-old man saw the boys, both 17, in his vehicle about 2:45 a.m. near Route 12 and Route 120 after it had been…
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2 Men Fatally Shot at Home in Griffith, Indiana
Two men were fatally shot Friday at a home in the Northwest Indiana town of Griffith. The Lake County Coroner’s Office identified the victims as Elijah Robinson, 18, and Maxwell Kroll, 17. Officers responded around 12 p.m. to the 5900 block of West 59th Street after the girlfriend of one of the victims found both men unresponsive, according to the…
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Deputy Accused of Failing to Investigate Domestic Battery
A Lake County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with felony official misconduct after he allegedly responded to domestic battery call by doing nothing more than encourage a woman to get back in a car with a man who was suspected of striking her in the face.
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Woman Killed in Hit-and-Run Accident in Antioch Township
A 27-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Antioch Township early Sunday morning, police said.
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9 Arrested in Lake County Warrant Operation
Nine people were arrested in a multi-jurisdictional warrant operation earlier this month in the north suburbs.
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New Lake County Sheriff to be Appointed After Bribery Conviction
A pro tem sheriff for Lake County, Indiana, will be appointed in the next month after Sheriff John Buncich was convicted Thursday in connection with a bribery and fraud scheme involving towing contracts.
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Man Charged With North Suburban ‘Ruse' Burglaries
A Northwest Side man has been charged with a pair of ruse burglaries earlier this summer in north suburban Deerfield and Long Grove.
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Prison Officially Over for Serial Child Molester Dennis Hastert
Nearly a month has passed since Dennis Hastert left the Minnesota prison where he lived for more than a year, and he is no longer under electronic monitoring.
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2 Charged With Indiana Teen's Kidnapping, Rape Appear in Court
Two men accused of taking part in the rape of an Indiana teenager in Ohio appeared in federal court Wednesday.
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Court Documents Detail Abduction, Assault of Missing Teen Found in Ohio
New court documents paint a disturbing picture of what a 14-year-old girl went through after vanishing from her northwest Indiana home last Thursday.