Lake County sheriff’s office

Two people were found dead with gunshot wounds Tuesday night in north suburban Beach Park, authorities say.

A 36-year-old man was critically wounded Saturday afternoon in a shooting in suburban Warren Township.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Department said authorities evacuated an area near 25th Street and Clark in Gary, which was covered in heavy smoke due to a fire.

A group of officers in northwest Indiana are being honored for their “compassion and professionalism” after they helped a group of children who had been left home alone at a Crown Point residence earlier this month. According to a press release from the Lake County Sheriff’s Department, the officers were called to a home in Crown Point on Sept. 2…

A McHenry man is accused of attacking his younger relatives with a rifle and machete Friday in an unincorporated area near north suburban Antioch. Russell Brengman, 52, is charged with two felony counts each of home invasion and aggravated domestic batter as well as one count of unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a firearm without an FOID…

After being suspended during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, on-site video visitation will resume normal operations at the Lake County Jail next week, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. According to an email sent out by the sheriff’s office, video visitation will resume on July 6. Individuals wishing to come to the Lake County Jail for visitations can do...

A Florida man who repeatedly harassed parents of shooting victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School has been arrested for possessing the identification of one of the parents, authorities said. Wolfgang Halbig, 73, was arrested Monday on a charge that he was in unlawful possession of another person’s identification, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. Halbig was a guest...

A driver was killed when an SUV slammed into a tree Friday in northwest suburban Wauconda. Sheriff’s deputies responded about 11 a.m. for reports of a single-vehicle crash at West Neville Road and West Darrell Road in unincorporated Wauconda, the Lake County sheriff’s office said. A 2016 Lincoln MKC was westbound on Neville Road when it left the roadway...

A man from an unincorporated area near Barrington pried open his handcuffs and tried to run from police during a DUI arrest on New Year’s Day in the north suburbs, authorities say. Shane Zillman, 27, freed one of his hands from the cuffs while in the backseat of a squad car as he was being taken to jail, the Lake…

Authorities are warning Lake County residents about phone scammers pretending to be local government or law enforcement officials.

A teacher at Highland Park High School is facing charges of possessing child pornography after authorities allegedly found pictures on his computer.

The body of a 17-year-old boy reported missing last weekend was found Friday morning submerged in a swampy area near Slocum Lake in Lake County, police said.

A Waukegan man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy, and transmitting HIV to the teen, police said in a news release issued Friday.

A woman was charged with DUI for a crash that sent a car into a house last year in north suburban Beach Park.