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2021

October

  1. 10-2-21 Sheriff's Canine Dax Locates Offenders Who Stole Vehicle
  2. 10-6-21 Man Attempts to Escape Twice, from Courthouse and Jail
  3. 10-9-21 Two Unrestrained Children Critically Injured, One Adult Dead in Beach Park Crash
  4. 10-9-21 Pedestrian in Critical Condition Following Indian Creek Hit-and-Run
  5. 10-9-21 Man Pulled from Highland Lake
  6. 10-12-21 Child Passenger Safety Campaign Results
  7. 10-13-21 Temporary Water Shut-Off at Lake County Jail
  8. 10-13-21 Sheriff John D. Idleburg Introduces Jail's New 'Community Bridge Program'
  9. 10-14-21 Halloween Traffic Safety Campaign
  10. 10-15-21 UPDATE: Offending Vehicle Located
  11. 10-15-21 Arkansas Man Apprehended After Calling Sheriff's Office, Threatening Lives of Two Lake County Judges

September

  1. 9-3-21 Man Apprehended with Dozens of Fraudulently Re-Encoded Cards, Dozens of Victims Likely
  2. 9-4-21 Waukegan Woman Charged with Aggravated Battery after Headbutting Sheriffs Deputy
  3. 9-6-21 Fatal Avon Township Motorcycle Crash
  4. 9-7-21 Newport Township Hit and Run Crash, Resulting in Critical Injuries
  5. 9-8-21 Labor Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  6. 9-9-21 Defendant to Be Released from Electronic Monitoring Flees When Learning of New Charges
  7. 9-10-21 Body Found of Canoer Who Fell into Water in Mineola Bay
  8. 9-12-21 Lake County Sheriff's Office Mourns the Passing of Canine Diesel
  9. 9-15-21 Lake County Sheriff's Office Participating in Child Passenger Safety Campaign
  10. 9-20-21 Unincorporated Lake Bluff Man Arrested After Trying to Lure North Carolina Boy
  11. 9-22-21 Sheriff Idleburg Introduces 2021 Community Police Academy

August

  1. 8-5-21 Sheriff's Special Investigations Group, ATF, Successfully Dismantle Lake County Street Gang Operation, 10 Charged
  2. 8-7-21 Man Dies After Drowning in Chain O'Lakes
  3. 8-9-21 North Chicago Man Threatened Deputies with Explosives, Firearms During Eviction
  4. 8-11-21 Sheriff's Headquarters Closed Today Due to Power Outage Resulting from Storms
  5. 8-11-21 Wonder Lake Man Arrested, Charged with Indecent Solicitation, after Traveling to Meet "14-Year-Old"
  6. 8-12-21 Two Correctional Officers Save Life of Jail Inmate
  7. 8-12-21 Update to May of 2020 Homicide in Unincorporated Gurnee
  8. 8-17-21 Labor Day Traffic Safety Campaign
  9. 8-17-21 Unincorporated Libertyville Stabbing
  10. 8-18-21 Sheriff's Detectives Investigating Two Bodies Recovered from Lake Michigan
  11. 8-19-21 Stakeholders Gather to Celebrate Expansion of Living Room Wellness Center
  12. 8-20-21 Sheriff's Detectives Arrest Repeat Church Burglar for Another Church Burglary
  13. 8-20-21 UPDATE: Seeking Assistance in Identifying Woman
  14. 8-21-21 Former Correctional Officer Charged with Custodial Sexual Misconduct
  15. 8-21-21 Sheriff's Detectives Investigating Shooting in Wadsworth
  16. 8-24-21 Sheriff's Detective Investigating Unincorporated Waukegan Home Invasion
  17. 8-25-21 Incarcerated Veterans Can Now Virtually Connect with the VA
  18. 8-27-21 UPDATE: Detectives Believe Woman Has Been Identified
  19. 8-28-21 Man Who Stabbed Woman Apprehended by Sheriff's Canine
  20. 8-28-21 UPDATE: Lake Michigan Jane Doe Identified

July

  1. 7-6-21 Independence Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  2. 7-8-21 Sheriff John D. Idleburg Awards Staff, Citizen Commendations at Ceremony
  3. 7-10-21 Fatal Long Grove Traffic Crash
  4. 7-22-21 Sheriff's Office Inks New Deal for Lower Cost Inmate Phone Services

June

  1. 6-3-21 Memorial Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  2. 6-4-21 Pedestrian in Critical Condition Following Ingleside Traffic Crash
  3. 6-7-21 Sheriff's Special Investigations Group Arrest Drug Dealer, Seize Cocaine, Other Drugs, and Firearm
  4. 6-8-21 Lake County Corrections Officers Save Life of Inmate
  5. 6-8-21 Man Attacks, Sexually Assaults Teen on Robert McClory Bike Path
  6. 6-10-20 Nearly 100% of Sheriff's Deputies Have Completed Crisis Intervention Certification Program
  7. 6-10-21 Homicide Defendant Indicted on New Armed Robbery Charges
  8. 6-10-21 UPDATE: Man Attacks, Sexually Assaults Teen on Robert McClory Bike Path
  9. 6-14-21 Ruse Burglaries on the Rise in Lake County
  10. 6-16-21 UPDATE: Suspect Apprehended in Sexual Assault of teen on Robert McClory Bike Path
  11. 6-16-21 Independence Day Traffic Safety Campaign
  12. 6-17-21 Inmate Art Impact Project Work Publicly Displayed in Lake County Government Lobby
  13. 6-20-21 Sheriff's Technical Crash Team Investigating Wauconda Township Vehicle vs Pedestrian Crash
  14. 6-22-21 NEW STUDIES SHOW SIMULTANEOUS DECLINE IN INCARCERATION RATES AND CRIME RATES IN LAKE COUNTY
  15. 6-22-21 Sheriff's Office Public Lobby to Reopen
  16. 6-24-21 Man Struck by Gunfire in Beach Park
  17. 6-25-21 Lake County Jail Passes Inspection and Audit
  18. Lake County Jail 2021 Inspection Report

May

  1. 5-4-21 Man Arrested After Exiting Vehicle During Traffic Stop, Armed with Firearm
  2. 5-5-21 Search Warrant Conducted at Residence of Charged Child Sexual Abuser
  3. 5-5-21 Sheriff's Special Investigations Group Arrest Drug Trafficker, Seize Two Firearms
  4. 5-6-21 Lake County Jail Closely Monitoring COVID-19 Outbreak
  5. 5-10-21 Sheriff Idleburg's Criminal Justice Community Council Launches Website
  6. 5-10-21 Distracted Driving Awareness Month Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  7. 5-11-21 Memorial Day Traffic Safety Campaign
  8. 5-19-21 Man Apprehended and Charged After Kidnapping Woman, Beating, Sexually Assaulting Her
  9. 5-22-21 Serious Long Grove Motorcycle Crash
  10. 5-23-21 Fatal Fremont Township Motorcycle Crash
  11. 5-27-21 Lake County Sheriff's Office Warns of Latest Scam
  12. 5-28-21 Deputies Utilize De-Escalation to Take Violent, Non-Compliant Offender into Custody

April

  1. 4-4-21 Woman Charged After Biting and Injuring Sheriff's Deputy
  2. 4-8-21 Fatal Deer Park Traffic Crash
  3. 4-14-21 Lake County Sheriff's Office Adding New Canine Team, Need Youth's Assistance in Naming New Canine
  4. 4-16-21 Sheriff John D. Idleburg Invites Community to Drop Off Unused, Unwanted Drugs at National Take-Back Day Event
  5. 4-19-21 Sheriff's Deputies & K9 Dax Save Man's Life
  6. 4-21-21 Tragic Vehicle Accident Claims Life of Toddler in Unincorporated Barrington
  7. 4-27-21 Man Charged After Possessing Nearly Three Kilos of Cocaine, Firearm
  8. 4-27-21 Lake County Sheriff's Office Partners with Zakat Foundation to Provide Warm Meal for Those Struggling
  9. 4-28-20 On-Site Jail Video Visitation to Resume
  10. 4-30-21 Sheriff John D. Idleburg Introduces Newest Canine Deputy

March

  1. 3-4-21 Update 2: Second Arrest Made in Double Homicide
  2. 3-7-21 Warren Township Double Fatal Crash
  3. 3-9-21 St. Patrick's Day Traffic Safety Campaign
  4. 3-15-21 Man Arrested After Beating, Strangling, Threatening to Kill Ex-Girlfriend
  5. 3-15-21 Parolee Charged With Possessing Firearms Illegally, Cocaine Possession
  6. 3-16-21 Registered Sexual Predator Thought He Was Sending Nude Photos to Child, Possibly Communicated with Dozens of Children
  7. 3-19-21 UPDATE: Wisconsin Man Arrested in Fatal Crash
  8. 3-22-21 St. Patrick's Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  9. 3-23-21 Statement from Sheriff John D. Idleburg on Recent Mass Shootings
  10. 3-29-21 Lake County Sheriff's Office Recognizes Distracted Driving Awareness Month
  11. 3-30-21 Two Lake Villa Township Men Arrested After Found with Stolen Car, Firearms

February

  1. 2-3-21 Super Bowl Traffic Safety Campaign
  2. 2-6-21 Antioch Township Registered Sexual Offender Arrested for Sexually Assaulting Two Children
  3. 2-9-21 LAKE COUNTY AWARDED ADDITIONAL $700,000.00 BY MACARTHUR FOUNDATION SAFETY AND JUSTICE CHALLENGE TO RETHINK LOCAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
  4. 2-10-21 Super Bowl Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  5. 2-11-21 Lake County Corrections Officer Named Illinois Sheriffs' Association 'Correctional Officer of the Year'
  6. 2-17-21 Sheriff's Office Special Investigations Group Set New Records in 2020
  7. 2-23-21 Statement from Sheriff John D. Idleburg on HB 3653
  8. 2-26-21 Man Charged After Fighting Sheriff's Deputies

January

  1. 1-3-21 Sheriff's Office Investigating Fatal Volo Shooting
  2. 1-4-21 UPDATE: Sheriff's Office Investigating Fatal Volo Shooting
  3. 1-7-21 Winter Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  4. 1-9-21 Sheriff Idleburg Awards 'Purple Heart Award'
  5. 1-10-21 Fatal Antioch Township Traffic Crash
  6. 1-13-21 Fatal Wauconda Township Traffic Crash
  7. 1-13-21 Update: Arrest Made in Double Homicide
  8. 2021-2022 ISA College Scholarship Application
  9. 1-17-21 Sheriff's Deputies Save a Life in Fremont Township
  10. 1-19-21 Sheriff Idleburg Partners with Illinois Sheriffs' Association to Award Student Scholarship
  11. 1-20-21 Fatal Avon Township Traffic Crash
  12. 1-21-21 Antioch Township Father and Son Arrested After Beating

December

  1. 12-1-20 Fatal Antioch Township Traffic Crash
  2. 12-2-20 Thanksgiving Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  3. 12-3-20 Lake County Jail Suspending On-Site Visitation
  4. 12-8-20 Sheriff Idleburg, Treasurer Kim, and Wauconda-Area Stakeholders to Give Away Facemasks, Sanitizer
  5. 12-9-20 Beach Park Death Investigation
  6. 12-16-20 Lake County Sheriff's Office Releases Smartphone App
  7. 12-16-20 Winter Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign
  8. 12-20-20 DUI Driver Crashes into Squad Car While Deputy on Scene of Separate DUI Arrest
  9. 12-20-20 Sheriff's Office Closely Monitoring COVID-19 Outbreak in Jail Housing Pod
  10. 12-26-20 Parental Child Abduction

November

  1. 11-5-20 Waukegan Man Arrested After Breaking into Beach Park Home
  2. 11-7-20 Halloween Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  3. 11-10-20 Waukegan Man Charged with DUI, Fleeing, after Crashing into Squad Car
  4. 11-14-20 Double-Fatal Newport Township Traffic Crash
  5. 11-15-20 Warren Township Shooting
  6. 11-16-20 Thanksgiving Traffic Safety Campaign
  7. 11-19-20 Fatal Beach Park Traffic Crash
  8. 11-19-20 Sheriff John D. Idleburg Appointed to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
  9. 11-21-20 Ingleside Sexual Predator Again Charged with Child Pornography
  10. 11-25-20 Update #2: LCSO Investigating Homicide in Unincorporated Gurnee

October

  1. 10-16-20 Halloween Traffic Safety Campaign
  2. 10-18-20 Fatal Unincorporated Antioch Traffic Crash
  3. 10-21-20 Two Arrested in Connection with Two Armed Robberies
  4. 10-29-20 Medline Donation

September

  1. 9-3-20 Serious Long Grove Traffic Crash
  2. 9-4-20 UPDATE: COVID-19 Mitigation Proving Successful
  3. 9-10-20 Labor Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  4. 9-11-20 Green Oaks Traffic Crash with Injuries
  5. 9-12-20 Grayslake Man Charged After Recklessly Discharging a Firearm
  6. 9-14-20 Man Arrested with Stolen Firearm After Shooting into Unincorporated Antioch Neighborhood
  7. 9-15-20 Quick Actions of Two Correctional Officers Save Inmate's Life
  8. 9-20-20 Impaired Driver Crashes into Squad Car
  9. 9-20-20 Lake County Sheriff's Office Warns of Latest Scam
  10. 9-25-20 Fatal Green Oaks Traffic Crash

August

  1. 8-7-20 Worker Killed in Heavy Machinery Incident in Volo
  2. 8-12-20 Scooter Rider Critically Injured in Unincorporated Mundelein Incident
  3. 8-16-20 Deputy Responding to Emergency Involved in Crash
  4. 8-20-20 Labor Day Traffic Safety Campaign
  5. 8-23-20 Old Mill Creek Fatal Motorcycle Crash
  6. 8-24-20 Lake County Jail Increases COVID-19 Mitigation Procedures
  7. 8-28-20 Sheriff's K9 Finds Five Pounds of Meth During Traffic Stop, Leads to Chicago Search Warrant

July

  1. 7-4-20 Man Dies After Being Rescued from Petite Lake
  2. 7-6-20 Lake County Jail Now Accepting Credit/Debit Cards for Bond
  3. 7-7-20 Sheriff's Cybercrimes Unit Works with Kenosha PD to Apprehend Man Who Shared Child Pornography
  4. 7-9-20 Woman Arrested After Yelling 'I am a schoolteacher and have COVID-19' then Spits in Man's Face
  5. 7-10-20 McHenry Man Arrested After Home Invasion Battering a 20-year-old and 13-year-old in Unincorporated Antioch
  6. 7-11-20 Independence Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  7. 7-21-20 Man Arrested Following Wadsworth Robbery
  8. 7-24-20 Waukegan Man Wanted for Robbery, Theft Apprehended After Brief Stand-Off
  9. 7-27-20 Woman Charged After Attacking Boyfriend with Machete
  10. 7-29-20 Suspected Serial Killer Charges in Lake County Cold Case Homicide Investigation

June

  1. 6-1-20 Overnight Looting in Lake County
  2. 6-4-20 Stolen Vehicle Crashes into Beach Park Home
  3. 6-9-20 Message from Sheriff Idleburg
  4. Use of Force Policy
  5. 6-12-20 Independence Day Traffic Safety Campaign
  6. 6-12-20 UPDATE: Arrest of Waukegan Man - Unincorporated Gurnee Homicide
  7. 6-15-20 New Location for Jail Visitor Entrance/Inmate Release
  8. 6-16-20 Beach Park Officer Involved Shooting
  9. 6-18-20 Lake County Awarded HIDTA Designation
  10. 6-30-20 On-Site Jail Video Visitation to Resume

May

  1. 5-3-20 Sheriff's Crash Investigators Investigating Pair of Saturday Crashes
  2. 5-6-20 Message from Sheriff John D. Idleburg
  3. 5-10-20 Sheriff's Office Investigating Unincorporated Antioch Golf Cart Crash with Injuries
  4. 5-12-20 Lake County Sheriff's Warrants Team Apprehends Man Wanted in Marengo Child Abduction
  5. 5-14-20 Memorial Day Traffic Safety Campaign
  6. 5-19-20 Man Illegally Using Emergency Lights Charged with DUI, Driving with Revoked License
  7. 5-20-20 Man Wanted for Sexually Assaulting Child in Texas Apprehended by Sheriff's Warrants Team
  8. 5-27-20 Memorial Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  9. 5-28-20 Beach Park Traffic Crash with Critical Injuries
  10. 5-28-20 A Message from Sheriff John D. Idleburg
  11. 5-28-20 Sheriff's Office Searching for Missing Endangered Beach Park Woman
  12. 5-29-20 Sheriff's Warrants Team Apprehend Man Who Choked Household Member, Absconded with Child
  13. 5-30-20 Lake County Sheriff's Office Investigating Homicide in Unincorporated Gurnee

April

  1. 4-2-20 Man Wanted in Indiana Shooting & Stabbing Apprehended by Sheriff's Office
  2. 4-9-20 Crystal Lake Man Taken into Custody by Lake County Sheriff's K9 after Trespassing, Striking Police Dog
  3. 4-15-20 Couple Living in Fox Lake with Multiple Dead Animals Apprehended, Following January Eviction
  4. 4-17-20 Jail Continues Mitigation Efforts After Previously Released Inmate Tests Positive for COVID-19
  5. 4-20-20 Annual Lake County Police Memorial Postponed
  6. 4-21-20 Jail Inmate Tests Positive for COVID-19, Mitigation Continues
  7. 4-24-20 Three with Warrants Apprehended by Sheriff's Warrants Team
  8. 4-24-20 Unincorporated Wauconda Death Investigation
  9. 4-25-20 Fatal Wadsworth Traffic Crash
  10. 4-30-20 Lake County Sheriff's Warrants Team Apprehend Man Who Shot at Group of Pedestrians
  11. 4-30-20 UPDATE: Three of Nine Inmates Test Positive

March

  1. 3-2-20 Waukegan Man Wanted for Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse Apprehended in Louisiana
  2. 3-5-20 St. Patrick's Day Traffic Safety Initiative
  3. 3-8-20 Double Fatal Newport Township Crash
  4. 3-9-20 Trio Arrested Following Robbery Investigation
  5. 3-13-20 Sheriff's Office Suspending Participation in Nonessential External Community Events
  6. 3-14-20 Sheriff's Squad Struck by Drunk Driver in Beach Park
  7. 3-15-20 Servicios adicionales no esenciales suspendidos
  8. 3-15-20 UPDATE: Additional Nonessential Services Suspended
  9. 3-21-20 SIG Arrests Gang Member, Felon
  10. 3-26-20 Sheriff's Office Searching for Missing Unincorporated Antioch Man
  11. 3-28-20 Sheriff's Office Searching for Missing Newport Township Man
  12. 3-28-20 St. Patrick's Day Traffic Safety Initiative Results
  13. 3-30-20 SEDOL Paraprofessional Charged in Battery of Student

February

  1. 2-4-20 Lake County Tobacco Compliance Checks
  2. 2-4-20 Super Bowl Weekend Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  3. 2-5-20 Documented Street Gang Member Arrested After Selling Stolen Firearms from McHenry, Ingleside Burglaries
  4. 2-5-20 Sheriff's Special Investigations Group Arrest 14 Men in Human Trafficking Suppression Operation
  5. 2-12-20 Volo Traffic Crash with Critical Injuries
  6. 2-13-20 2020 Lake County Sheriff's Citizens Police Academy
  7. 2-14-20 Wanted Antioch Man Apprehended After Fleeing, Striking Squads, Causing Injury to Deputy
  8. 2-17-20 Waukegan Township Crash with Critical Injuries
  9. 2-25-20 Man Attempts to Set Deputies on Fire, Barricades Self, Taken into Custody without Injuries
  10. 2-27-20 Fatal Long Grove Traffic Crash
  11. 2-28-20 Sheriff's Deputy Struck Head-On by Drunk Driver in Unincorporated Antioch

January

  1. 1-2-20 Unincorporated Barrington Man Breaks Handcuffs, Attempts Escape After Arrest
  2. 1-2-20 Sheriff's Warrants Team Apprehend Florida Fugitive in Vernon Hills
  3. 1-3-20 Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  4. 1-3-20 Fatal Unincorporated Wauconda Traffic Crash
  5. 1-4-20 Three Apprehended After Burglarizing Mettawa Costco
  6. 1-9-20 Lake Barrington Burglar Arrested, Evidence Recovered from Burglaries in Lake, McHenry and Cook Counties
  7. 1-9-20 Grayslake Area Teen Arrested in 'Swatting' Incident
  8. 1-13-20 Lake County Alcohol Compliance Checks
  9. 1-15-20 Lake County Sheriff's Office Participating in Illinois Sheriffs' Association College Scholarship Program
  10. 1-16-20 Wadsworth Woman Arrested for DUI, Scott's Law Violation After Crashing into Squad Car
  11. 1-17-20 Wanted New York Man in Possession of Firearm Apprehended by Sheriff's Warrants Team in Waukegan
  12. 1-22-20 Fatal Lake Barrington Crash
  13. 1-22-20 UPDATE: Driver Charged with Aggravated DUI
  14. 1-23-20 Unincorporated Round Lake Burglar Arrested Evidence Recovered from Other Burglaries
  15. 1-24-20 Georgia Man Wanted for First Degree Rape Apprehended by Sheriff's Warrants Team in Gurnee
  16. 1-24-20 Search for Man who Escaped Custody in Unincorporated Lake Villa
  17. 1-27-20 Super Bowl Weekend Traffic Safety Campaign
  18. 1-28-20 Unincorporated Lake Villa Vehicle Versus Pedestrian Traffic Crash
  19. 1-31-20 Unincorporated Spring Grove Man Arrested for Dealing Crack Cocaine

2019

December

  1. 12-3-19 Lake County Alcohol Compliance Checks
  2. 12-5-19 Thanksgiving Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  3. 12-9-19 Serious ATV Crash in Unincorporated Zion
  4. 12-11-19 60 Grams of Heroin Seized During Search Warrant
  5. 12-11-19 Burglar Arrested After Being Caught on Security Camera, then Stealing Security Camera
  6. 12-13-19 Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign
  7. 12-14-19 Beach Park Triple-Fatal Traffic Crash
  8. 12-18-19 Man Charged Following Unincorporated Waukegan Armed Robbery
  9. 12-18-19 2019 'Shop with a Sheriff' Event Brings Joy to 88 Children
  10. 12-18-19 North Barrington Head-On Traffic Crash with Critical Injuries
  11. 12-19-19 Sheriff's Office Creates Public Platform to Share Jail Population Data
  12. 12-19-19 Unincorporated Lake Villa Double Fatal, Critical Injury Crash
  13. 12-20-19 Documented Gang Member Arrested for Possessing Firearms, Drugs for Distribution
  14. 12-24-19 Fatal Volo Traffic Crash; Drunk Driver Strike Auxiliary Deputy Blocking Crash Scene

November

  1. 11-4-19 Halloween Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  2. 11-6-19 Lake County Sheriff's Office Searches for Missing Island Lake Teen
  3. 11-8-19 UPDATE: Body Recovered During Search
  4. 11-15-19 Scammers Targeting Lake County Residents Pretending to Be Local Government Officials
  5. 11-16-19 Lake County Sheriff's Office Continues Search for Missing Unincorporated Antioch Teen
  6. 11-18-19 Thanksgiving Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign
  7. 11-19-19 Emergency Firearms Restraining Order Results in Seizure of Three Illegally Possessed Firearms
  8. 11-20-19 Ingleside Man Arrested after Burglarizing Several Vehicles
  9. 11-21-19 Crisis Outreach and Support Team Record Successful First Year
  10. 11-21-19 Hainesville Man Arrested for DUI After Crashing into Round Lake Park Squad Car
  11. 11-23-19 Deputies Save the Life of Man Attempting Suicide in Beach Park
  12. 11-30-19 Retail Theft Suspects Flee from Sheriff's Deputies

October

  1. 10-1-19 UPDATE: Beach Park Cary Versus Home Crash Investigation
  2. 10-2-19 Gages Lake Vehicle Versus Pedestrian Traffic Crash
  3. 10-2-19 Sheriff John Idleburg Receives Hispanic Heritage Award
  4. 10-3-19 Special Investigations Group Records Successful Three-Quarters of the Year
  5. 10-3-19 Update: Driver Charged Following Investigation
  6. 10-7-19 Wanted Man Apprehended After Threatening to Jump from Balcony in Vernon Hills, Found with Rifle
  7. 10-8-19 Sheriff's Office Conducts Alcohol Compliance Checks
  8. 10-11-19 Fatal Fremont Township Crash
  9. 10-12-19 Ingleside Traffic Crash with Critical Injuries
  10. 10-13-19 Man in Critical Condition Following Long Grove Crash
  11. 10-14-19 Halloween Traffic Safety Campaign
  12. 10-16-19 Corrections Officer Charged with Official Misconduct, Theft
  13. 10-17-19 Lake County Sheriff's October Drug Takeback Event
  14. 10-17-19 Beach Park Armed Robbery
  15. 10-18-19 Prevent Falling Victim to Vehicle Thieves
  16. 10-25-19 School Paraprofessional Charged Following Excessive Force Investigation
  17. 10-25-19 Man Charged with Criminal Transmission of HIV
  18. 10-30-19 Sheriff's Office Arrests Man for Drug Induced Homicide
  19. 10-31-19 Lake County Sheriff's Office Joins Neighbors App by Ring

September

  1. 9-1-19 Man Shoots Self at Unincorporated Zion Range
  2. 9-4-19 Sheriff Idleburg Signs Letter to Immigrant Communities
  3. 9-4-19 Labor Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  4. 9-5-19 Unincorporated Gurnee Aggravated Battery
  5. 9-9-19 Update: 17-Year-Old Petitioned to Juvenile Court
  6. 9-9-19 Unincorporated Zion Critical Traffic Crash
  7. 9-17-19 Sheriff Idleburg Introduce the Criminal Justice Citizen's Council
  8. 9-17-19 Waukegan Man on Bond Arrested for Drugs & Weapons Charges
  9. 9-18-19 Lake County Sheriff's Office Participating in Rail Safety Week
  10. 9-21-19 Serious Unincorporated Antioch Hit-and-Run Crash
  11. 9-22-19 Missing Endangered Libertyville Township Man
  12. 9-24-19 Zion Man Arrested for Selling Cocaine
  13. 9-25-19 Lake County Sheriff's Office and Stand Strong Coalition Collaborate in Effort to Reduce Underage Drinking
  14. 9-30-19 Missing Endangered Round Lake Area Man

August

  1. 8-1-19 Unincorporated Libertyville School Bus Crash with Injuries
  2. 8-7-19 Increase in Scammers Targeting Lake County Residents
  3. 8-9-19 Fatal Unincorporated Gurnee Traffic Crash
  4. 8-10-10 Sheriff's K9 Dax Places Top-Dog at Regional Competition, Then Finds Missing Suicidal Man in Vernon Hills
  5. 8-13-19 Sheriff's Office Investigating Fatal Shooting
  6. 8-14-19 Sheriff's Office and A Safe Place Form Partnership to Reduce Domestic Violence
  7. 8-15-19 Unincorporated Gurnee Man Charged with Hate Crime, Aggravated Assault
  8. 8-15-19 Labor Day Traffic Safety Campaign
  9. 8-16-19 Update: Serious Unincorporated Cary Traffic Crash
  10. 8-16-19 Sheriff's Telecommunicator Trainer Achieves Leadership Certification
  11. 8-24-19 Fatal Unincorporated Antioch Pedestrian Traffic Crash
  12. 8-26-19 Beach Park Pedestrian Traffic Crash
  13. 8-27-19 Sheriff's K9 Boomer Earns Numerous National Titles
  14. 8-29-19 Convicted Felon Indicted After Selling Firearms to Undercover Detectives
  15. 8-31-19 Wanted Man Apprehended in Beach Park After Barricading Himself in Residence

July

  1. 7-1-19 Missing Gurnee-Area Woman
  2. 7-1-19 Long Grove Death Investigation
  3. 7-2-19 UPDATE: Round Lake Beach Man Charged with Reckless Homicide
  4. 7-2-19 UPDATE: Long Grove Death Investigation
  5. 7-2-19 Traffic Crash with Pesticide Spill in North Barrington
  6. 7-5-19 Golf Cart Crash in Unincorporated Antioch with Serious Injuries
  7. 7-5-19 Inmate Charged after Removing Baggie from Buttocks and Swallowing it During Intake Search
  8. 7-5-19 Missing Endangered Unincorporated Mundelein Teen
  9. 7-8-19 Lake County Tobacco Compliance Checks
  10. 7-9-19 Independence Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  11. 7-11-19 Sheriff's Office Unveils New Uniform Patch
  12. 7-12-19 Intoxicated Spring Grove Man Crashes into Fox Lake Squad Car
  13. 7-13-19 Round Lake Beach Woman Arrested for Sexual Trafficking of a Juvenile
  14. 7-14-19 Teenager Struck by a Boat Propeller on Lake Marie
  15. 7-16-19 Gurnee Man Arrested After Fleeing with Firearms, Following Order of Protection Service
  16. 7-18-19 Beach Park Domino's Pizza Employee Charged with Stealing Nearly $28,000.00 from Employer
  17. 7-19-19 Beach Park Attempt Homicide Investigation
  18. 7-19-19 FRO Training
  19. 7-20-19 Beach Park Car Versus Bicyclist Crash
  20. 7-22-19 Parolee Charged with Felony Burglary, Driving While Revoked, and Resisting Arrest
  21. 7-23-19 Lake County Sheriff's Office Participating in 2019 Speed Awareness Day
  22. 7-23-19 Sheriff's K9 Teams Locate Missing Endangered Man and Man Wanted for Domestic Battery in 14-Hour Period
  23. 7-25-19 Lt. Governor Stratton Meets with Sheriff Idleburg Sheriffs Staff and Jail Inmates at Reducing Recidivism Roundtable
  24. 7-27-19 Lake County Community Support Earns K9 Dax Top Honor as National Law-Enforcement Hero Dog
  25. 7-28-19 Hit & Run Traffic Crash in Unincorporated Antioch, Involving Motorcycle
  26. 7-28-19 Missing Endangered Unincorporated Deerfield Man
  27. 7-29-19 Man Run Over by Pickup Truck During Argument in Unincorporated Spring Grove
  28. 7-31-19 Fatal Volo Traffic Crash

June

  1. 6-9-19 Double-Fatal Fremont Township Traffic Crash
  2. 6-12-19 Independence Day Traffic Safety Campaign
  3. 6-13-19 Inmates to Graduate from New Culinary Vocational Program
  4. 6-20-19 Waukegan Man Arrested After Attempting to Sell Burglary Victim's Property Back to Burglary Victim
  5. 6-21-19 Fatal Fremont Township Traffic Crash
  6. 6-25-19 Sheriff's Office Requested to Conduct Criminal Investigation into 'Civil War Days' Threats
  7. 6-28-19 UPDATE: No Threats/No Crime Discovered

May

  1. 5-1-19 K9 Boomer Received Donation of Body Armor
  2. 5-2-19 2019 Lake County Law-Enforcement Memorial
  3. 5-3-19 Distracted Driving Awareness Month Results
  4. 5-4-19 Message from Sheriff John D. Idleburg Regarding the Waukegan Explosion
  5. 5-7-19 Don't Become a Headline on Route 59
  6. 5-8-19 Click It or Ticket Traffic Safety Campaign
  7. 5-12-19 Fatal Beach Park Traffic Crash
  8. 5-13-19 Critical Beach Park Traffic Crash
  9. 5-13-19 Man Charged with Arson After Setting His Car on Fire in Beach Park
  10. 5-15-19 Waukegan Exchange Club Honors Two Sheriff's Employees
  11. 5-16-19 Upcoming Latino Citizens Police Academy
  12. 5-16-19 Home Shot in Beach Park
  13. 5-17-19 Update: Round Lake Beach Man Charged
  14. 5-18-19 Sheriff's Sergeant Graduates Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and Command
  15. 5-18-19 Child Seriously Injured in Hit & Run Traffic Crash
  16. 5-18-19 Volo Chemical Spill
  17. 5-19-19 Unincorporated Spring Grove Vehicle Versus Home Traffic Crash with Injuries
  18. 5-24-19 K9 Dax Named Finalist for Hero Dog National Title
  19. 5-24-19 Missing Endangered Round Lake-Area Man
  20. 5-29-19 Click It or Ticket Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  21. 5-30-19 Pedestrian Sustains Critical Injuries After Being Struck by Vehicle

April

  1. 4-4-19 Waukegan Man Arrested After Selling Heroin in a School Zone
  2. 4-6-19 Warrants Team Apprehends Man Wanted on Child Porn, Grooming, Intimidation Charges
  3. 4-6-19 Police Officer Charged with Domestic Battery of a Child
  4. 4-9-19 Man Jumps Out of Moving Vehicle, Jumps Off Overpass
  5. 4-9-19 Message from Sheriff John Idleburg Supporting HB 96
  6. 4-11-19 Body Recovered from Lake Michigan
  7. 4-22-19 Seven Locations for Upcoming Drug Takeback Day
  8. 4-22-19 Unincorporated Mundelein Shooting Investigation
  9. 4-25-19 Beach Park Hazardous Materials Incident
  10. 4-25-19 Message from Sheriff John Idleburg Regarding the Beach Park Incident
  11. 4-26-19 Corrections Sergeant Charles Crockett Promoted to Deputy Chief
  12. 4-26-19 McHenry Man Arrested After Burglarizing Bar, Running from Deputy
  13. 4-27-19 Message from Sheriff John Idleburg Supporting HB-0038
  14. 4-27-19 Twin Lakes Man Arrested for Arson in Unincorporated Antioch
  15. 4-28-19 Two Sheriff's Deputies Sheriff's K9 Awarded 100 Club of Chicago 'Valor Award'
  16. 4-28-19 Lake County Sheriff's K9 Team Locate Armed Fleeing Algonquin Man

March

  1. 3-1-19 Serious Unincorporated Cary Traffic Crash
  2. 3-2-19 Fatal Libertyville Township Crash
  3. 3-4-19 Sheriff's Deputies Talk Suicidal Man into Surrendering
  4. 3-4-19 New Sheriff's Office Procedure for Response to FOID/CCL Revocations
  5. 3-4-19 UPDATE: Sexual Offender in Custody
  6. 3-5-19 Auxiliary Deputies Honored at Award Ceremony
  7. 3-8-19 St. Patrick's Day Traffic Safety Campaign
  8. 3-8-19 Update: Serious Lake Villa Twp Traffic Crash
  9. 3-8-19 Update: Ingleside Shooting - One Shooter in Custody
  10. 3-10-19 Critical Warren Township Crash - Driver Charged
  11. 3-11-19 Sheriff Idleburg Appoints Jail Program Manager and Re-Entry Specialist
  12. 3-11-19 Jail Inmate Charged with Aggravated Battery
  13. 3-12-19 Father Arrested for Intentionally Biting 10-Month-Old Child
  14. 3-13-19 Convicted Felon Arrested After Falsifying FOID Application, Possessing Over a Dozen Firearms
  15. 3-13-19 Missing Endangered Unincorporated Grayslake Man
  16. 3-14-19 Sheriff Idleburg & Fremont School Dist. 79 Announce New Innovative School Safety System
  17. 3-18-19 St. Patrick's Weekend Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  18. 3-18-19 Sheriff's K9 Team Track & Locate Hypothermic Female
  19. 3-20-19 Sexual Offender and Drug Induced Homicide Offender Apprehended by Sheriff's Warrants Team
  20. 3-21-19 Missing Juvenile Located, Man Arrested for Sexually Abusing Her
  21. 3-27-19 Antioch Twp. Man Arrested After Attempting to Burglarize Antioch Twp. Restaurant
  22. 3-27-19 Distracted Driving Awareness Month Safety Initiative
  23. 3-29-19 Update: Jail Inmate Charged with Aggravated Battery
  24. 3-29-19 Waukegan Woman Wanted for Child Abduction Apprehended
  25. 3-31-19 Zion Man Possessing Significant Amounts of Heroin, Cocaine Arrested

February

  1. 2-1-19 Adult, Two Juveniles Arrested After Crashing Stolen Car, Fleeing from Scene
  2. 2-4-19 Warren Township Death Investigation
  3. 2-5-19 Sheriff's Office Weekly Arrest Press Release
  4. 2-5-19 Correctional Officer Dionne Dawson Named 'Correctional Officer of the Year'
  5. 2-6-19 Super Bowl Weekend Traffic Safety Effort Results
  6. 2-7-19 Waukegan Man Arrested After Repeatedly Selling Prescription Pills to Undercover Detective
  7. 2-7-19 Update: Warren Township Death Investigation
  8. 2-9-19 K9 Dax Named K9 of the Year
  9. 2-9-19 Sheriff's Office Investigating Ingleside Shooting
  10. 2-10-19 Fatal Wadsworth Traffic Crash
  11. 2-12-19 Upcoming Citizens Police Academy
  12. 2-14-19 K9 Boomer to Receive Body Armor Donation
  13. 2-19-19 Christopher Thompson Promoted to Deputy Chief
  14. 2-20-19 Jail Inmate Charged with Solicitation of Murder for Hire
  15. 2-20-19 Gang Member Charged with Intent to Deliver Ecstasy, Cocaine
  16. 2-22-19 Parolee Charged with Selling Narcotics to Undercover Detective
  17. 2-23-19 Serious Avon Township Traffic Crash
  18. 2-25-19 Sheriff Idleburg Receives Most Influential African American of Lake County Award
  19. 2-25-19 Increase in Motor Vehicle Thefts
  20. 2-26-19 Robert Richards Promoted to Deputy Chief

January

  1. 1-2-19 Grant Township Death Investigation Update
  2. 1-3-19 Sergeant Karen Serzynski Promoted to Deputy Chief
  3. 1-3-19 Sheriff's Warrants Team Apprehend Wanted Man Hiding in Closet
  4. 1-4-19 Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign Results
  5. 1-5-19 Wanted Son Apprehended, Father Arrested
  6. 1-8-19 Man Charged with DUI, Driving 50MPH Over Limit, After Fleeing Crash Scene in Green Oaks
  7. 1-9-19 Update to December Swatting Incident
  8. 1-10-19 Ingleside Man Wanted for Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse Apprehended in Wisconsin
  9. 1-11-19 Sheriff Idleburg Appoints Lawrence Oliver as Undersheriff
  10. 1-15-19 Sheriff's Office Seeking Whereabouts of Wanted Ingleside Sexual Offender
  11. 1-19-19 Warrants Team Apprehends Man Wanted in Connection with 2016 North Chicago Shooting
  12. 1-20-19 Lake County Sheriff's Office Participating in Illinois Sheriffs' Association College Scholarship Program
  13. 1-21-19 Sheriff Idleburg Receives 'Drum Major Award' at Waukegan Township Banquet
  14. 1-23-19 Sheriff Idleburg Signs Letter to President & Congress Urging an End to Government Shutdown
  15. 1-23-19 Marine Corps Recruiter Charged with Sexual Assault
  16. 1-25-19 Texas Man Wanted for Attempt Sexual Assault in Spring Grove Apprehended
  17. 1-28-19 Wanted, Armed Unincorporated Spring Grove Man Arrested After Shooting Pellet Gun at Dog-Walker
  18. 1-29-19 Partial Sheriff's Office Closure - Wednesday, January 30th
  19. 1-30-19 Partial Sheriff's Office Closure - Thursday, January 31st
  20. 1-30-19 Sheriff Idleburg Promotes Two Members of Sheriff's Office
  21. 1-31-19 Super Bowl Weekend Traffic Safety Effort

December, 2018

  1. 12-1-18 John D. Idleburg Sworn-In as Lake County Sheriff
  2. 12-2-18 Fatal Waukegan Township Hit-And-Run Traffic Crash
  3. 12-2-18 Sheriff's Canine Team Locate Missing, Endangered Woman
  4. 12-4-18 Beach Park Attempt Armed Robbery
  5. 12-5-18 Shields Township Armed Robbery
  6. 12-5-18 Temporary Water Shut-Off at Lake County Jail
  7. 12-6-18 *Armed Robbery Update* Suspect Identified and Arrested
  8. 12-6-18 Fatal Hit-and-Run Update-Possible Vehicle Description
  9. 12-8-18 Two Sheriff's Sergeants Graduate Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and Command
  10. 12-10-18 Sheriff Idleburg Announces Eviction Moratorium
  11. 12-11-18 Warren Township "Swatting" Incident
  12. 12-12-18 Warrants Team Apprehends North Chicago Man Wanted for Battering Pregnant Woman
  13. 12-13-18 Sheriff Idleburg Supports First Responders Bill
  14. 12-13-18 K-9 Dax Locates Fleeing Offender
  15. 12-14-18 Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign
  16. 12-15-18 Fatal Ingleside Traffic Crash
  17. 12-15-18 Pedestrian Fatal Ingleside Traffic Crash
  18. 12-17-18 Fatal Wadsworth Traffic Crash
  19. 12-18-18 Wanted Couple Apprehended in Wadsworth
  20. 12-19-18 Sheriff's Office and Sheriff's Association Partner for 7th Annual Shop with a Sheriff Event
  21. 12-20-18 Fugitive/Sexual Offender Apprehended Following 'Wanted Wednesday' Tips
  22. 12-21-18 Sheriff's Office Investigating Volo Armed Robbery Involving Broken-Down Vehicle Ruse
  23. 12-22-18 Sheriff's Office Investigating Beach Park Shooting
  24. 12-22-18 Wadsworth Man Arrested After Manufacturing Child Pornography
  25. 12-28-18 Three Arrested in Connection with Beach Park Burglary
  26. 12-29-18 Beach Park Car Versus Home Crash Investigation
  27. 12-29-18 Lake Barrington Man Arrested for Car Burglarizing
  28. 12-31-18 Grant Township Death Investigation