Press Releases
Media inquires should be directed to the Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer, Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli: [email protected]
2023
January
- 1-4-23 Woman Charged with Aggravated Battery After Spitting in Faces of Two Deputies
- 1-9-23 Wrong-Way Driver Causes Double Fatal Crash
- 1-10-23 Two in Custody Following Beach Park Shooting
- 1-11-23 Update Second Shooter Charged
- 1-12-23 Man Charged with Murder of Cousin
- 1-12-23 Sheriff's Special Investigations Group Arrest Drug Dealer in Possession of Firearm
- 1-13-23 Sheriff's Deputies Save the Life of Elderly Woman
- 1-14-23 Spring Grove Man Charged with Possession of a Large Amount of Methamphetamine
- 1-17-23 Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 1-18-23 Grayslake Man Charged with Solicitation to Meet a Child, Grooming
- 1-19-23 Long Grove Woman Arrested, Charged with Stealing Mail from Neighbors
- 1-19-23 Sheriff Idleburg Elected Vice Chair of Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
- 1-22-23 Three Ohio Children Rescued from Beach Park Man
- 1-25-23 Multi-Agency COaST Program Records Incredibly Successful First Year
- 1-27-23 UPDATE Driver Charged with Aggravated DUI
2022
December
- 12-1-22 Sheriff John D. Idleburg Takes Oath of Office
- 12-3-22 Man Apprehended After Battering, Sexually Assaulting Ex
- 12-8-22 Thanksgiving Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 12-12-22 Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign
- 12-15-22 Serious Old Mill Creek Traffic Crash
- 12-15-22 Gurnee Man Charged After Traveling to Meet a Child
- 12-17-22 Jail Inmate Death Investigation
- 12-17-22 Beach Park Man Charged After Firing Handgun in Parking Lot
- 12-17-22 Man Ejected in Unincorporated Waukegan Traffic Crash
- 12-18-22 Double Fatal Car Versus Train Traffic Crash
- 12-30-22 Burglary Crew Identified and Charged
November
- 11-3-22 Sheriff's Office Launches Portal for Recovered Property
- 11-5-22 Man Who made Threats to Kill Arrested; Dozens of Firearms Seized
- 11-7-22 Sheriff's Office Begins ILEAP Accreditation Re-Assessment Process
- 11-14-22 Sheriff's Canine Team Save Life
- 11-15-22 Halloween Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 11-18-22 Thanksgiving Traffic Safety Campaign
- 11-19-22 Parolee Charged After Spitting in Deputy's Face
- 11-23-22 Round Lake Area Man Charged with Indecent Solicitation
- 11-29-22 Serious Wadsworth Traffic Crash
- 11-29-22 Beach Park Shooting Investigation
October
- 10-6-22 Beach Park Homicide Investigation
- 10-10-22 Five Ejected in Multivehicle Warren Township Crash
- 10-10-22 Beach Park Child Struck by Vehicle
- 10-10-22 Beach Park Fatal Traffic Crash
- 10-12-22 Fatal Unincorporated Lake Bluff Motorcycle Crash
- 10-14-22 Update: Serious Volo Crash
- 10-16-22 Halloween Traffic Safety Campaign
- 10-17-22 Fatal Beach Park Traffic Crash
- 10-23-22 Unincorporated Round Lake Robbery
- 10-28-22 Ruse Burglary Alert
- 10-30-22 Infant and Adult Killed in Traffic Crash
- 10-30-22 Man Killed in Beach Park Crash
September
- 9-8-22 Serious Unincorporated Round Lake Crash
- 9-14-22 Former Deputy Charged with Official Misconduct
- 9-18-22 Labor Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 9-20-22 Alcohol Compliance Checks
- 9-22-22 UPDATE: Additional Evidence Shows Man Sent Child Pornography to Minor in California
- 9-24-22 Jail Inmate Death Investigation
- 9-27-22 Three Sheriff's Deputies Honored by Kiwanis Club
August
- 8-10-22 Long Grove Man Charged with Reckless Discharge
- 8-10-22 Labor Day Traffic Safety Campaign
- 8-15-22 Sheriff's Office Introduces Newest Canine Deputy to Combat Human Trafficking, Child Exploitation
- 8-16-22 Fatal Wadsworth Traffic Crash
- 8-17-22 Sheriff's Office Asking Youth to Name Two Newest Canines
- 8-17-22 Fatal Antioch Township Traffic Crash
- 8-20-22 Man Threatens Other Driver with Firearm, Crashes Car
- 8-26-22 Two Charged in Connection with Shooting
- 8-28-22 Registered Violent Offender Against Youth Charged with Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault
July
- 7-1-22 Long Grove Man Charged in Walking Path Armed Robbery
- 7-1-22 Darien Man Charged with Grooming After Engaging Young Girl
- 7-11-22 Warren Township Man Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography
- 7-11-22 Bicyclist Dies Following Unincorporated Libertyville Crash
- 7-15-22 Lake County Sheriff's Office Releases Fourth of July Traffic Safety Results
- 7-16-22 Unincorporated Lake Villa Home Invasion
- 7-19-22 Unincorporated Barrington Death Investigation
- 7-26-22 Northbrook Man Charged with Trafficking Cocaine Unlawfully Possessing Firearm
- 7-26-22 Beach Park Shooting Investigation
June
- 6-2-22 Canine Dax Apprehends Nine in 24-Hours
- 6-2-22 Buffalo Grove Eighteen-Year-Old Charged with Child Pornography
- 6-6-22 Memorial Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 6-8-22 Scammers Targeting Lake County Residents Pretending to Be Local Government Officials
- 6-8-22 Lake County Tobacco Compliance Checks
- 6-9-22 Alcohol Compliance Checks
- 6-15-22 Sheriff's Office Begins Fourth of July Traffic Safety Campaign to Encourage Safe and Sober Driving
- 6-16-22 Man Charged After Burglarizing Occupied Ingleside Home
- 6-27-22 Canine Duke Finds Over Two Kilograms of Cocaine During Traffic Stop
- 6-28-22 Tips to Avoid Being the Victim of a Vehicle Theft
May
- 5-5-22 Distracted Driving Awareness Month Traffic Safety Results
- 5-11-22 Memorial Day Traffic Safety Campaign
- 5-12-22 Teen Killed in Unincorporated Wauconda Crash
- 5-12-22 One Killed, Three Injured in Unincorporated Waukegan Crash
- 5-16-22 Sheriff's Office Joins the Fox Waterway Agency to Conduct Boating Safety Check
- 5-27-22 Serious Volo Crash
April
- 4-1-22 Child Critically Injured in Beach Park Crash
- 4-3-22 Fatal Wadsworth Traffic Crash
- 4-6-22 Sheriff's Office Seeing Uptick in 'Romance Scam'
- 4-12-22 UPDATE: Driver Charged and Arrested in 2021 Fatal Crash
- 4-15-22 Sheriff's Cybercrimes Unit Conducts Search Warrant; Obtains Arrest Warrant for Child Pornographer
- 4-19-22 Temporary Water Shut-Off at Lake County Jail
- 4-21-22 Sheriff Idleburg Encourages Community to Drop Off Unused Prescription Drugs During National Drug Takeback Day
- 4-22-22 Sheriff's Office Investigating Serious Beach Park Crash
- 4-25-22 Lake County Tobacco Compliance Checks
- 4-28 -22 Newest Sheriff's Canines Named by Lake County Students
- 4-29-22 Man in Critical Condition After Falling into Fox Lake Channel
March
- 3-1-22 UPDATE: Driver Charged in Fatal Hit & Run
- 3-2-22 Woman Sustains Injuries in Lakemoor Shooting
- 3-2-22 Man Pulled from Icy Water Following Third Lake ATV Incident
- 3-2-22 Serious Head-On Traffic Crash in Fremont Township
- 3-4-22 Woman Carjacked by Man; Man is in Critical Condition after Crashing Carjacked Vehicle
- 3-4-22 Sheriff's Office Adding Two New Canines to Canine Unit, Youth's Assistance Needed to Name New Dogs
- 3-8-22 St. Patrick's Day Traffic Safety Campaign
- 3-11-22 Woman Abducted, Rescued Just Prior to Being Further Assaulted
- 3-15-22 Man Attempting Theft in Used Car Lot Apprehended by Sheriff's Canine Team
- 3-16-22 Another Year, Another Record Set by Sheriff's Special Investigations Group
- 3-16-22 Sheriff's Office Seeking Two Shooters Who Fired into Vehicle
- 3-17-22 Sheriff's Canine Ryker and Sheriff's Deputies Locate Hypothermic Woman
- 3-19-22 Serious Long Grove Traffic Crash
- 3-22-22 St. Patrick's Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 3-23-22 UPDATE: Driver Charged in Beach Park Fatal Crash
- 3-31-22 Drop it and Drive: April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month
February
- 2-2-22 Sheriff Idleburg Again Partners with Illinois Sheriffs' Association to Award Student Scholarship
- 2-6-22 Sheriff's Office Investigating Beach Park Traffic Crash Involving Critical Injuries
- 2-9-22 Sheriff's Office Participating in Super Bowl Traffic Safety Campaign
- 2-10-22 Stolen Vehicle Struck by Train in Unincorporated Zion
- 2-16-22 Super Bowl Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 2-20-22 Drunk School Bus Driver Causes Crash, Charged with Felony DUI
- 2-21-22 Lake County Sheriff's Office K9s Ryker, Danno, Dax, and Duke Have Received Donation of Body Armor
- 2-25-22 Mettawa Crash Results in Critical Injuries
- 2-28-22 Intoxicated Woman Flees from Traffic Stop, Crashes Car
January
- 1-3-22 Christmas Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 1-5-22 Fatal Unincorporated Antioch Traffic Crash
- 1-10-22 Fatal Unincorporated Mundelein Traffic Crash Involving Pedestrian
- 1-12-22 Sheriff's Deputies Successfully Deescalate Armed Man Who Barricaded Self, Without Using Force
- 1-14-22 Special Investigations Group Arrest Suspected Drug Trafficker Following Investigation
- 1-17-22 Sheriff's K9s Duke and Danno Track and Apprehend Suspects in Beach Park Armed Robbery
- 1-19-22 Update: Suspect Renderings
- 1-19-22 Sheriff's Detectives Conclude Investigation of Man Who Recorded Multiple Unsuspecting Nude People, Including Children
- 1-26-22 UPDATE: Crash Investigation Results in Charges
2021
December
- 12-1-21 Thanksgiving Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 12-3-21 UPDATE: Community Based Correctional Center (CBCC) Temporarily Closed
- 12-8-21 Seven Lake County Law-Enforcement Agencies Partnering to Better Respond to Mental Health Calls
- 12-10-21 Man Charged After Punching Deputy in Face
- 12-13-21 Christmas Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign
- 12-18-21 Man Involved in Minor Crash Struck by Passing Car
November
- 11-3-21 Ingleside Woman Charged in Mail Theft Ring
- 11-4-21 Lake County Alcohol Compliance Checks
- 11-5-21 UPDATE: Investigation into Death of Yarianna G. Wheeler
- 11-8-21 Halloween Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 11-10-21 Fatal Beach Park Traffic Crash Investigation
- 11-13-21 Unincorporated Lake Villa Traffic Crash with Critical Injuries
- 11-16-21 Home Shot in Beach Park
- 11-18-21 Thanksgiving Traffic Safety Campaign
- 11-19-21 Unincorporated Mundelein Child Sexual Offender Arrest After Seeing Nude Photo from Child
- 11-19-21 Buffalo Grove Man Arrested After Forcing Way into Rehabilitation Center, Removing Patient
- 11-21-21 Fatal Unincorporated Gurnee Traffic Crash
- 11-24-21 Lake County Sheriff's Office K9s Ryker, Danno, Dax, and Duke to Get Donation of Body Armor
- 11-27-21 Sheriff's Detectives Investigating Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking in Green Oaks
- 11-29-21 Lake County Jail Closely Monitoring COVID-19 Outbreak
October
- 10-2-21 Sheriff's Canine Dax Locates Offenders Who Stole Vehicle
- 10-6-21 Man Attempts to Escape Twice, from Courthouse and Jail
- 10-9-21 Two Unrestrained Children Critically Injured, One Adult Dead in Beach Park Crash
- 10-9-21 Pedestrian in Critical Condition Following Indian Creek Hit-and-Run
- 10-9-21 Man Pulled from Highland Lake
- 10-12-21 Child Passenger Safety Campaign Results
- 10-13-21 Temporary Water Shut-Off at Lake County Jail
- 10-13-21 Sheriff John D. Idleburg Introduces Jail's New 'Community Bridge Program'
- 10-14-21 Halloween Traffic Safety Campaign
- 10-15-21 UPDATE: Offending Vehicle Located
- 10-15-21 Arkansas Man Apprehended After Calling Sheriff's Office, Threatening Lives of Two Lake County Judges
- 10-19-21 Junior High Student Battered Walking to Bus Stop
- 10-23-21 Man Charged After Resisting Arrest, Fighting Correctional Officers
- 10-23-21 Unincorporated Grayslake Armed Robbery
- 10-24-21 Man Operating Riding Mower Critically Injured When Struck by Car
- 10-28-21 Sheriff John D. Idleburg Introduces Canine Ryker
September
- 9-3-21 Man Apprehended with Dozens of Fraudulently Re-Encoded Cards, Dozens of Victims Likely
- 9-4-21 Waukegan Woman Charged with Aggravated Battery after Headbutting Sheriffs Deputy
- 9-6-21 Fatal Avon Township Motorcycle Crash
- 9-7-21 Newport Township Hit and Run Crash, Resulting in Critical Injuries
- 9-8-21 Labor Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 9-9-21 Defendant to Be Released from Electronic Monitoring Flees When Learning of New Charges
- 9-10-21 Body Found of Canoer Who Fell into Water in Mineola Bay
- 9-12-21 Lake County Sheriff's Office Mourns the Passing of Canine Diesel
- 9-15-21 Lake County Sheriff's Office Participating in Child Passenger Safety Campaign
- 9-20-21 Unincorporated Lake Bluff Man Arrested After Trying to Lure North Carolina Boy
- 9-22-21 Sheriff Idleburg Introduces 2021 Community Police Academy
August
- 8-5-21 Sheriff's Special Investigations Group, ATF, Successfully Dismantle Lake County Street Gang Operation, 10 Charged
- 8-7-21 Man Dies After Drowning in Chain O'Lakes
- 8-9-21 North Chicago Man Threatened Deputies with Explosives, Firearms During Eviction
- 8-11-21 Sheriff's Headquarters Closed Today Due to Power Outage Resulting from Storms
- 8-11-21 Wonder Lake Man Arrested, Charged with Indecent Solicitation, after Traveling to Meet "14-Year-Old"
- 8-12-21 Two Correctional Officers Save Life of Jail Inmate
- 8-12-21 Update to May of 2020 Homicide in Unincorporated Gurnee
- 8-17-21 Labor Day Traffic Safety Campaign
- 8-17-21 Unincorporated Libertyville Stabbing
- 8-18-21 Sheriff's Detectives Investigating Two Bodies Recovered from Lake Michigan
- 8-19-21 Stakeholders Gather to Celebrate Expansion of Living Room Wellness Center
- 8-20-21 Sheriff's Detectives Arrest Repeat Church Burglar for Another Church Burglary
- 8-20-21 UPDATE: Seeking Assistance in Identifying Woman
- 8-21-21 Former Correctional Officer Charged with Custodial Sexual Misconduct
- 8-21-21 Sheriff's Detectives Investigating Shooting in Wadsworth
- 8-24-21 Sheriff's Detective Investigating Unincorporated Waukegan Home Invasion
- 8-25-21 Incarcerated Veterans Can Now Virtually Connect with the VA
- 8-27-21 UPDATE: Detectives Believe Woman Has Been Identified
- 8-28-21 Man Who Stabbed Woman Apprehended by Sheriff's Canine
- 8-28-21 UPDATE: Lake Michigan Jane Doe Identified
July
June
- 6-3-21 Memorial Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 6-4-21 Pedestrian in Critical Condition Following Ingleside Traffic Crash
- 6-7-21 Sheriff's Special Investigations Group Arrest Drug Dealer, Seize Cocaine, Other Drugs, and Firearm
- 6-8-21 Lake County Corrections Officers Save Life of Inmate
- 6-8-21 Man Attacks, Sexually Assaults Teen on Robert McClory Bike Path
- 6-10-20 Nearly 100% of Sheriff's Deputies Have Completed Crisis Intervention Certification Program
- 6-10-21 Homicide Defendant Indicted on New Armed Robbery Charges
- 6-10-21 UPDATE: Man Attacks, Sexually Assaults Teen on Robert McClory Bike Path
- 6-14-21 Ruse Burglaries on the Rise in Lake County
- 6-16-21 UPDATE: Suspect Apprehended in Sexual Assault of teen on Robert McClory Bike Path
- 6-16-21 Independence Day Traffic Safety Campaign
- 6-17-21 Inmate Art Impact Project Work Publicly Displayed in Lake County Government Lobby
- 6-20-21 Sheriff's Technical Crash Team Investigating Wauconda Township Vehicle vs Pedestrian Crash
- 6-22-21 NEW STUDIES SHOW SIMULTANEOUS DECLINE IN INCARCERATION RATES AND CRIME RATES IN LAKE COUNTY
- 6-22-21 Sheriff's Office Public Lobby to Reopen
- 6-24-21 Man Struck by Gunfire in Beach Park
- 6-25-21 Lake County Jail Passes Inspection and Audit
- Lake County Jail 2021 Inspection Report
May
- 5-4-21 Man Arrested After Exiting Vehicle During Traffic Stop, Armed with Firearm
- 5-5-21 Search Warrant Conducted at Residence of Charged Child Sexual Abuser
- 5-5-21 Sheriff's Special Investigations Group Arrest Drug Trafficker, Seize Two Firearms
- 5-6-21 Lake County Jail Closely Monitoring COVID-19 Outbreak
- 5-10-21 Sheriff Idleburg's Criminal Justice Community Council Launches Website
- 5-10-21 Distracted Driving Awareness Month Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 5-11-21 Memorial Day Traffic Safety Campaign
- 5-19-21 Man Apprehended and Charged After Kidnapping Woman, Beating, Sexually Assaulting Her
- 5-22-21 Serious Long Grove Motorcycle Crash
- 5-23-21 Fatal Fremont Township Motorcycle Crash
- 5-27-21 Lake County Sheriff's Office Warns of Latest Scam
- 5-28-21 Deputies Utilize De-Escalation to Take Violent, Non-Compliant Offender into Custody
April
- 4-4-21 Woman Charged After Biting and Injuring Sheriff's Deputy
- 4-8-21 Fatal Deer Park Traffic Crash
- 4-14-21 Lake County Sheriff's Office Adding New Canine Team, Need Youth's Assistance in Naming New Canine
- 4-16-21 Sheriff John D. Idleburg Invites Community to Drop Off Unused, Unwanted Drugs at National Take-Back Day Event
- 4-19-21 Sheriff's Deputies & K9 Dax Save Man's Life
- 4-21-21 Tragic Vehicle Accident Claims Life of Toddler in Unincorporated Barrington
- 4-27-21 Man Charged After Possessing Nearly Three Kilos of Cocaine, Firearm
- 4-27-21 Lake County Sheriff's Office Partners with Zakat Foundation to Provide Warm Meal for Those Struggling
- 4-28-20 On-Site Jail Video Visitation to Resume
- 4-30-21 Sheriff John D. Idleburg Introduces Newest Canine Deputy
March
- 3-4-21 Update 2: Second Arrest Made in Double Homicide
- 3-7-21 Warren Township Double Fatal Crash
- 3-9-21 St. Patrick's Day Traffic Safety Campaign
- 3-15-21 Man Arrested After Beating, Strangling, Threatening to Kill Ex-Girlfriend
- 3-15-21 Parolee Charged With Possessing Firearms Illegally, Cocaine Possession
- 3-16-21 Registered Sexual Predator Thought He Was Sending Nude Photos to Child, Possibly Communicated with Dozens of Children
- 3-19-21 UPDATE: Wisconsin Man Arrested in Fatal Crash
- 3-22-21 St. Patrick's Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 3-23-21 Statement from Sheriff John D. Idleburg on Recent Mass Shootings
- 3-29-21 Lake County Sheriff's Office Recognizes Distracted Driving Awareness Month
- 3-30-21 Two Lake Villa Township Men Arrested After Found with Stolen Car, Firearms
February
- 2-3-21 Super Bowl Traffic Safety Campaign
- 2-6-21 Antioch Township Registered Sexual Offender Arrested for Sexually Assaulting Two Children
- 2-9-21 LAKE COUNTY AWARDED ADDITIONAL $700,000.00 BY MACARTHUR FOUNDATION SAFETY AND JUSTICE CHALLENGE TO RETHINK LOCAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
- 2-10-21 Super Bowl Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 2-11-21 Lake County Corrections Officer Named Illinois Sheriffs' Association 'Correctional Officer of the Year'
- 2-17-21 Sheriff's Office Special Investigations Group Set New Records in 2020
- 2-23-21 Statement from Sheriff John D. Idleburg on HB 3653
- 2-26-21 Man Charged After Fighting Sheriff's Deputies
January
- 1-3-21 Sheriff's Office Investigating Fatal Volo Shooting
- 1-4-21 UPDATE: Sheriff's Office Investigating Fatal Volo Shooting
- 1-7-21 Winter Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 1-9-21 Sheriff Idleburg Awards 'Purple Heart Award'
- 1-10-21 Fatal Antioch Township Traffic Crash
- 1-13-21 Fatal Wauconda Township Traffic Crash
- 1-13-21 Update: Arrest Made in Double Homicide
- 2021-2022 ISA College Scholarship Application
- 1-17-21 Sheriff's Deputies Save a Life in Fremont Township
- 1-19-21 Sheriff Idleburg Partners with Illinois Sheriffs' Association to Award Student Scholarship
- 1-20-21 Fatal Avon Township Traffic Crash
- 1-21-21 Antioch Township Father and Son Arrested After Beating
December
- 12-1-20 Fatal Antioch Township Traffic Crash
- 12-2-20 Thanksgiving Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 12-3-20 Lake County Jail Suspending On-Site Visitation
- 12-8-20 Sheriff Idleburg, Treasurer Kim, and Wauconda-Area Stakeholders to Give Away Facemasks, Sanitizer
- 12-9-20 Beach Park Death Investigation
- 12-16-20 Lake County Sheriff's Office Releases Smartphone App
- 12-16-20 Winter Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign
- 12-20-20 DUI Driver Crashes into Squad Car While Deputy on Scene of Separate DUI Arrest
- 12-20-20 Sheriff's Office Closely Monitoring COVID-19 Outbreak in Jail Housing Pod
- 12-26-20 Parental Child Abduction
November
- 11-5-20 Waukegan Man Arrested After Breaking into Beach Park Home
- 11-7-20 Halloween Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 11-10-20 Waukegan Man Charged with DUI, Fleeing, after Crashing into Squad Car
- 11-14-20 Double-Fatal Newport Township Traffic Crash
- 11-15-20 Warren Township Shooting
- 11-16-20 Thanksgiving Traffic Safety Campaign
- 11-19-20 Fatal Beach Park Traffic Crash
- 11-19-20 Sheriff John D. Idleburg Appointed to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
- 11-21-20 Ingleside Sexual Predator Again Charged with Child Pornography
- 11-25-20 Update #2: LCSO Investigating Homicide in Unincorporated Gurnee
October
September
- 9-3-20 Serious Long Grove Traffic Crash
- 9-4-20 UPDATE: COVID-19 Mitigation Proving Successful
- 9-10-20 Labor Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 9-11-20 Green Oaks Traffic Crash with Injuries
- 9-12-20 Grayslake Man Charged After Recklessly Discharging a Firearm
- 9-14-20 Man Arrested with Stolen Firearm After Shooting into Unincorporated Antioch Neighborhood
- 9-15-20 Quick Actions of Two Correctional Officers Save Inmate's Life
- 9-20-20 Impaired Driver Crashes into Squad Car
- 9-20-20 Lake County Sheriff's Office Warns of Latest Scam
- 9-25-20 Fatal Green Oaks Traffic Crash
August
- 8-7-20 Worker Killed in Heavy Machinery Incident in Volo
- 8-12-20 Scooter Rider Critically Injured in Unincorporated Mundelein Incident
- 8-16-20 Deputy Responding to Emergency Involved in Crash
- 8-20-20 Labor Day Traffic Safety Campaign
- 8-23-20 Old Mill Creek Fatal Motorcycle Crash
- 8-24-20 Lake County Jail Increases COVID-19 Mitigation Procedures
- 8-28-20 Sheriff's K9 Finds Five Pounds of Meth During Traffic Stop, Leads to Chicago Search Warrant
July
- 7-4-20 Man Dies After Being Rescued from Petite Lake
- 7-6-20 Lake County Jail Now Accepting Credit/Debit Cards for Bond
- 7-7-20 Sheriff's Cybercrimes Unit Works with Kenosha PD to Apprehend Man Who Shared Child Pornography
- 7-9-20 Woman Arrested After Yelling 'I am a schoolteacher and have COVID-19' then Spits in Man's Face
- 7-10-20 McHenry Man Arrested After Home Invasion Battering a 20-year-old and 13-year-old in Unincorporated Antioch
- 7-11-20 Independence Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 7-21-20 Man Arrested Following Wadsworth Robbery
- 7-24-20 Waukegan Man Wanted for Robbery, Theft Apprehended After Brief Stand-Off
- 7-27-20 Woman Charged After Attacking Boyfriend with Machete
- 7-29-20 Suspected Serial Killer Charges in Lake County Cold Case Homicide Investigation
June
- 6-1-20 Overnight Looting in Lake County
- 6-4-20 Stolen Vehicle Crashes into Beach Park Home
- 6-9-20 Message from Sheriff Idleburg
- Use of Force Policy
- 6-12-20 Independence Day Traffic Safety Campaign
- 6-12-20 UPDATE: Arrest of Waukegan Man - Unincorporated Gurnee Homicide
- 6-15-20 New Location for Jail Visitor Entrance/Inmate Release
- 6-16-20 Beach Park Officer Involved Shooting
- 6-18-20 Lake County Awarded HIDTA Designation
- 6-30-20 On-Site Jail Video Visitation to Resume
May
- 5-3-20 Sheriff's Crash Investigators Investigating Pair of Saturday Crashes
- 5-6-20 Message from Sheriff John D. Idleburg
- 5-10-20 Sheriff's Office Investigating Unincorporated Antioch Golf Cart Crash with Injuries
- 5-12-20 Lake County Sheriff's Warrants Team Apprehends Man Wanted in Marengo Child Abduction
- 5-14-20 Memorial Day Traffic Safety Campaign
- 5-19-20 Man Illegally Using Emergency Lights Charged with DUI, Driving with Revoked License
- 5-20-20 Man Wanted for Sexually Assaulting Child in Texas Apprehended by Sheriff's Warrants Team
- 5-27-20 Memorial Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 5-28-20 Beach Park Traffic Crash with Critical Injuries
- 5-28-20 A Message from Sheriff John D. Idleburg
- 5-28-20 Sheriff's Office Searching for Missing Endangered Beach Park Woman
- 5-29-20 Sheriff's Warrants Team Apprehend Man Who Choked Household Member, Absconded with Child
- 5-30-20 Lake County Sheriff's Office Investigating Homicide in Unincorporated Gurnee
April
- 4-2-20 Man Wanted in Indiana Shooting & Stabbing Apprehended by Sheriff's Office
- 4-9-20 Crystal Lake Man Taken into Custody by Lake County Sheriff's K9 after Trespassing, Striking Police Dog
- 4-15-20 Couple Living in Fox Lake with Multiple Dead Animals Apprehended, Following January Eviction
- 4-17-20 Jail Continues Mitigation Efforts After Previously Released Inmate Tests Positive for COVID-19
- 4-20-20 Annual Lake County Police Memorial Postponed
- 4-21-20 Jail Inmate Tests Positive for COVID-19, Mitigation Continues
- 4-24-20 Three with Warrants Apprehended by Sheriff's Warrants Team
- 4-24-20 Unincorporated Wauconda Death Investigation
- 4-25-20 Fatal Wadsworth Traffic Crash
- 4-30-20 Lake County Sheriff's Warrants Team Apprehend Man Who Shot at Group of Pedestrians
- 4-30-20 UPDATE: Three of Nine Inmates Test Positive
March
- 3-2-20 Waukegan Man Wanted for Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse Apprehended in Louisiana
- 3-5-20 St. Patrick's Day Traffic Safety Initiative
- 3-8-20 Double Fatal Newport Township Crash
- 3-9-20 Trio Arrested Following Robbery Investigation
- 3-13-20 Sheriff's Office Suspending Participation in Nonessential External Community Events
- 3-14-20 Sheriff's Squad Struck by Drunk Driver in Beach Park
- 3-15-20 Servicios adicionales no esenciales suspendidos
- 3-15-20 UPDATE: Additional Nonessential Services Suspended
- 3-21-20 SIG Arrests Gang Member, Felon
- 3-26-20 Sheriff's Office Searching for Missing Unincorporated Antioch Man
- 3-28-20 Sheriff's Office Searching for Missing Newport Township Man
- 3-28-20 St. Patrick's Day Traffic Safety Initiative Results
- 3-30-20 SEDOL Paraprofessional Charged in Battery of Student
February
- 2-4-20 Lake County Tobacco Compliance Checks
- 2-4-20 Super Bowl Weekend Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 2-5-20 Documented Street Gang Member Arrested After Selling Stolen Firearms from McHenry, Ingleside Burglaries
- 2-5-20 Sheriff's Special Investigations Group Arrest 14 Men in Human Trafficking Suppression Operation
- 2-12-20 Volo Traffic Crash with Critical Injuries
- 2-13-20 2020 Lake County Sheriff's Citizens Police Academy
- 2-14-20 Wanted Antioch Man Apprehended After Fleeing, Striking Squads, Causing Injury to Deputy
- 2-17-20 Waukegan Township Crash with Critical Injuries
- 2-25-20 Man Attempts to Set Deputies on Fire, Barricades Self, Taken into Custody without Injuries
- 2-27-20 Fatal Long Grove Traffic Crash
- 2-28-20 Sheriff's Deputy Struck Head-On by Drunk Driver in Unincorporated Antioch
January
- 1-2-20 Unincorporated Barrington Man Breaks Handcuffs, Attempts Escape After Arrest
- 1-2-20 Sheriff's Warrants Team Apprehend Florida Fugitive in Vernon Hills
- 1-3-20 Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 1-3-20 Fatal Unincorporated Wauconda Traffic Crash
- 1-4-20 Three Apprehended After Burglarizing Mettawa Costco
- 1-9-20 Lake Barrington Burglar Arrested, Evidence Recovered from Burglaries in Lake, McHenry and Cook Counties
- 1-9-20 Grayslake Area Teen Arrested in 'Swatting' Incident
- 1-13-20 Lake County Alcohol Compliance Checks
- 1-15-20 Lake County Sheriff's Office Participating in Illinois Sheriffs' Association College Scholarship Program
- 1-16-20 Wadsworth Woman Arrested for DUI, Scott's Law Violation After Crashing into Squad Car
- 1-17-20 Wanted New York Man in Possession of Firearm Apprehended by Sheriff's Warrants Team in Waukegan
- 1-22-20 Fatal Lake Barrington Crash
- 1-22-20 UPDATE: Driver Charged with Aggravated DUI
- 1-23-20 Unincorporated Round Lake Burglar Arrested Evidence Recovered from Other Burglaries
- 1-24-20 Georgia Man Wanted for First Degree Rape Apprehended by Sheriff's Warrants Team in Gurnee
- 1-24-20 Search for Man who Escaped Custody in Unincorporated Lake Villa
- 1-27-20 Super Bowl Weekend Traffic Safety Campaign
- 1-28-20 Unincorporated Lake Villa Vehicle Versus Pedestrian Traffic Crash
- 1-31-20 Unincorporated Spring Grove Man Arrested for Dealing Crack Cocaine
2019
December
- 12-3-19 Lake County Alcohol Compliance Checks
- 12-5-19 Thanksgiving Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 12-9-19 Serious ATV Crash in Unincorporated Zion
- 12-11-19 60 Grams of Heroin Seized During Search Warrant
- 12-11-19 Burglar Arrested After Being Caught on Security Camera, then Stealing Security Camera
- 12-13-19 Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign
- 12-14-19 Beach Park Triple-Fatal Traffic Crash
- 12-18-19 Man Charged Following Unincorporated Waukegan Armed Robbery
- 12-18-19 2019 'Shop with a Sheriff' Event Brings Joy to 88 Children
- 12-18-19 North Barrington Head-On Traffic Crash with Critical Injuries
- 12-19-19 Sheriff's Office Creates Public Platform to Share Jail Population Data
- 12-19-19 Unincorporated Lake Villa Double Fatal, Critical Injury Crash
- 12-20-19 Documented Gang Member Arrested for Possessing Firearms, Drugs for Distribution
- 12-24-19 Fatal Volo Traffic Crash; Drunk Driver Strike Auxiliary Deputy Blocking Crash Scene
November
- 11-4-19 Halloween Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 11-6-19 Lake County Sheriff's Office Searches for Missing Island Lake Teen
- 11-8-19 UPDATE: Body Recovered During Search
- 11-15-19 Scammers Targeting Lake County Residents Pretending to Be Local Government Officials
- 11-16-19 Lake County Sheriff's Office Continues Search for Missing Unincorporated Antioch Teen
- 11-18-19 Thanksgiving Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign
- 11-19-19 Emergency Firearms Restraining Order Results in Seizure of Three Illegally Possessed Firearms
- 11-20-19 Ingleside Man Arrested after Burglarizing Several Vehicles
- 11-21-19 Crisis Outreach and Support Team Record Successful First Year
- 11-21-19 Hainesville Man Arrested for DUI After Crashing into Round Lake Park Squad Car
- 11-23-19 Deputies Save the Life of Man Attempting Suicide in Beach Park
- 11-30-19 Retail Theft Suspects Flee from Sheriff's Deputies
October
- 10-1-19 UPDATE: Beach Park Cary Versus Home Crash Investigation
- 10-2-19 Gages Lake Vehicle Versus Pedestrian Traffic Crash
- 10-2-19 Sheriff John Idleburg Receives Hispanic Heritage Award
- 10-3-19 Special Investigations Group Records Successful Three-Quarters of the Year
- 10-3-19 Update: Driver Charged Following Investigation
- 10-7-19 Wanted Man Apprehended After Threatening to Jump from Balcony in Vernon Hills, Found with Rifle
- 10-8-19 Sheriff's Office Conducts Alcohol Compliance Checks
- 10-11-19 Fatal Fremont Township Crash
- 10-12-19 Ingleside Traffic Crash with Critical Injuries
- 10-13-19 Man in Critical Condition Following Long Grove Crash
- 10-14-19 Halloween Traffic Safety Campaign
- 10-16-19 Corrections Officer Charged with Official Misconduct, Theft
- 10-17-19 Lake County Sheriff's October Drug Takeback Event
- 10-17-19 Beach Park Armed Robbery
- 10-18-19 Prevent Falling Victim to Vehicle Thieves
- 10-25-19 School Paraprofessional Charged Following Excessive Force Investigation
- 10-25-19 Man Charged with Criminal Transmission of HIV
- 10-30-19 Sheriff's Office Arrests Man for Drug Induced Homicide
- 10-31-19 Lake County Sheriff's Office Joins Neighbors App by Ring
September
- 9-1-19 Man Shoots Self at Unincorporated Zion Range
- 9-4-19 Sheriff Idleburg Signs Letter to Immigrant Communities
- 9-4-19 Labor Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 9-5-19 Unincorporated Gurnee Aggravated Battery
- 9-9-19 Update: 17-Year-Old Petitioned to Juvenile Court
- 9-9-19 Unincorporated Zion Critical Traffic Crash
- 9-17-19 Sheriff Idleburg Introduce the Criminal Justice Citizen's Council
- 9-17-19 Waukegan Man on Bond Arrested for Drugs & Weapons Charges
- 9-18-19 Lake County Sheriff's Office Participating in Rail Safety Week
- 9-21-19 Serious Unincorporated Antioch Hit-and-Run Crash
- 9-22-19 Missing Endangered Libertyville Township Man
- 9-24-19 Zion Man Arrested for Selling Cocaine
- 9-25-19 Lake County Sheriff's Office and Stand Strong Coalition Collaborate in Effort to Reduce Underage Drinking
- 9-30-19 Missing Endangered Round Lake Area Man
August
- 8-1-19 Unincorporated Libertyville School Bus Crash with Injuries
- 8-7-19 Increase in Scammers Targeting Lake County Residents
- 8-9-19 Fatal Unincorporated Gurnee Traffic Crash
- 8-10-10 Sheriff's K9 Dax Places Top-Dog at Regional Competition, Then Finds Missing Suicidal Man in Vernon Hills
- 8-13-19 Sheriff's Office Investigating Fatal Shooting
- 8-14-19 Sheriff's Office and A Safe Place Form Partnership to Reduce Domestic Violence
- 8-15-19 Unincorporated Gurnee Man Charged with Hate Crime, Aggravated Assault
- 8-15-19 Labor Day Traffic Safety Campaign
- 8-16-19 Update: Serious Unincorporated Cary Traffic Crash
- 8-16-19 Sheriff's Telecommunicator Trainer Achieves Leadership Certification
- 8-24-19 Fatal Unincorporated Antioch Pedestrian Traffic Crash
- 8-26-19 Beach Park Pedestrian Traffic Crash
- 8-27-19 Sheriff's K9 Boomer Earns Numerous National Titles
- 8-29-19 Convicted Felon Indicted After Selling Firearms to Undercover Detectives
- 8-31-19 Wanted Man Apprehended in Beach Park After Barricading Himself in Residence
July
- 7-1-19 Missing Gurnee-Area Woman
- 7-1-19 Long Grove Death Investigation
- 7-2-19 UPDATE: Round Lake Beach Man Charged with Reckless Homicide
- 7-2-19 UPDATE: Long Grove Death Investigation
- 7-2-19 Traffic Crash with Pesticide Spill in North Barrington
- 7-5-19 Golf Cart Crash in Unincorporated Antioch with Serious Injuries
- 7-5-19 Inmate Charged after Removing Baggie from Buttocks and Swallowing it During Intake Search
- 7-5-19 Missing Endangered Unincorporated Mundelein Teen
- 7-8-19 Lake County Tobacco Compliance Checks
- 7-9-19 Independence Day Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 7-11-19 Sheriff's Office Unveils New Uniform Patch
- 7-12-19 Intoxicated Spring Grove Man Crashes into Fox Lake Squad Car
- 7-13-19 Round Lake Beach Woman Arrested for Sexual Trafficking of a Juvenile
- 7-14-19 Teenager Struck by a Boat Propeller on Lake Marie
- 7-16-19 Gurnee Man Arrested After Fleeing with Firearms, Following Order of Protection Service
- 7-18-19 Beach Park Domino's Pizza Employee Charged with Stealing Nearly $28,000.00 from Employer
- 7-19-19 Beach Park Attempt Homicide Investigation
- 7-19-19 FRO Training
- 7-20-19 Beach Park Car Versus Bicyclist Crash
- 7-22-19 Parolee Charged with Felony Burglary, Driving While Revoked, and Resisting Arrest
- 7-23-19 Lake County Sheriff's Office Participating in 2019 Speed Awareness Day
- 7-23-19 Sheriff's K9 Teams Locate Missing Endangered Man and Man Wanted for Domestic Battery in 14-Hour Period
- 7-25-19 Lt. Governor Stratton Meets with Sheriff Idleburg Sheriffs Staff and Jail Inmates at Reducing Recidivism Roundtable
- 7-27-19 Lake County Community Support Earns K9 Dax Top Honor as National Law-Enforcement Hero Dog
- 7-28-19 Hit & Run Traffic Crash in Unincorporated Antioch, Involving Motorcycle
- 7-28-19 Missing Endangered Unincorporated Deerfield Man
- 7-29-19 Man Run Over by Pickup Truck During Argument in Unincorporated Spring Grove
- 7-31-19 Fatal Volo Traffic Crash
June
- 6-9-19 Double-Fatal Fremont Township Traffic Crash
- 6-12-19 Independence Day Traffic Safety Campaign
- 6-13-19 Inmates to Graduate from New Culinary Vocational Program
- 6-20-19 Waukegan Man Arrested After Attempting to Sell Burglary Victim's Property Back to Burglary Victim
- 6-21-19 Fatal Fremont Township Traffic Crash
- 6-25-19 Sheriff's Office Requested to Conduct Criminal Investigation into 'Civil War Days' Threats
- 6-28-19 UPDATE: No Threats/No Crime Discovered
May
- 5-1-19 K9 Boomer Received Donation of Body Armor
- 5-2-19 2019 Lake County Law-Enforcement Memorial
- 5-3-19 Distracted Driving Awareness Month Results
- 5-4-19 Message from Sheriff John D. Idleburg Regarding the Waukegan Explosion
- 5-7-19 Don't Become a Headline on Route 59
- 5-8-19 Click It or Ticket Traffic Safety Campaign
- 5-12-19 Fatal Beach Park Traffic Crash
- 5-13-19 Critical Beach Park Traffic Crash
- 5-13-19 Man Charged with Arson After Setting His Car on Fire in Beach Park
- 5-15-19 Waukegan Exchange Club Honors Two Sheriff's Employees
- 5-16-19 Upcoming Latino Citizens Police Academy
- 5-16-19 Home Shot in Beach Park
- 5-17-19 Update: Round Lake Beach Man Charged
- 5-18-19 Sheriff's Sergeant Graduates Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and Command
- 5-18-19 Child Seriously Injured in Hit & Run Traffic Crash
- 5-18-19 Volo Chemical Spill
- 5-19-19 Unincorporated Spring Grove Vehicle Versus Home Traffic Crash with Injuries
- 5-24-19 K9 Dax Named Finalist for Hero Dog National Title
- 5-24-19 Missing Endangered Round Lake-Area Man
- 5-29-19 Click It or Ticket Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 5-30-19 Pedestrian Sustains Critical Injuries After Being Struck by Vehicle
April
- 4-4-19 Waukegan Man Arrested After Selling Heroin in a School Zone
- 4-6-19 Warrants Team Apprehends Man Wanted on Child Porn, Grooming, Intimidation Charges
- 4-6-19 Police Officer Charged with Domestic Battery of a Child
- 4-9-19 Man Jumps Out of Moving Vehicle, Jumps Off Overpass
- 4-9-19 Message from Sheriff John Idleburg Supporting HB 96
- 4-11-19 Body Recovered from Lake Michigan
- 4-22-19 Seven Locations for Upcoming Drug Takeback Day
- 4-22-19 Unincorporated Mundelein Shooting Investigation
- 4-25-19 Beach Park Hazardous Materials Incident
- 4-25-19 Message from Sheriff John Idleburg Regarding the Beach Park Incident
- 4-26-19 Corrections Sergeant Charles Crockett Promoted to Deputy Chief
- 4-26-19 McHenry Man Arrested After Burglarizing Bar, Running from Deputy
- 4-27-19 Message from Sheriff John Idleburg Supporting HB-0038
- 4-27-19 Twin Lakes Man Arrested for Arson in Unincorporated Antioch
- 4-28-19 Two Sheriff's Deputies Sheriff's K9 Awarded 100 Club of Chicago 'Valor Award'
- 4-28-19 Lake County Sheriff's K9 Team Locate Armed Fleeing Algonquin Man
March
- 3-1-19 Serious Unincorporated Cary Traffic Crash
- 3-2-19 Fatal Libertyville Township Crash
- 3-4-19 Sheriff's Deputies Talk Suicidal Man into Surrendering
- 3-4-19 New Sheriff's Office Procedure for Response to FOID/CCL Revocations
- 3-4-19 UPDATE: Sexual Offender in Custody
- 3-5-19 Auxiliary Deputies Honored at Award Ceremony
- 3-8-19 St. Patrick's Day Traffic Safety Campaign
- 3-8-19 Update: Serious Lake Villa Twp Traffic Crash
- 3-8-19 Update: Ingleside Shooting - One Shooter in Custody
- 3-10-19 Critical Warren Township Crash - Driver Charged
- 3-11-19 Sheriff Idleburg Appoints Jail Program Manager and Re-Entry Specialist
- 3-11-19 Jail Inmate Charged with Aggravated Battery
- 3-12-19 Father Arrested for Intentionally Biting 10-Month-Old Child
- 3-13-19 Missing Endangered Unincorporated Grayslake Man
- 3-14-19 Sheriff Idleburg & Fremont School Dist. 79 Announce New Innovative School Safety System
- 3-18-19 St. Patrick's Weekend Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 3-18-19 Sheriff's K9 Team Track & Locate Hypothermic Female
- 3-20-19 Sexual Offender and Drug Induced Homicide Offender Apprehended by Sheriff's Warrants Team
- 3-21-19 Missing Juvenile Located, Man Arrested for Sexually Abusing Her
- 3-27-19 Antioch Twp. Man Arrested After Attempting to Burglarize Antioch Twp. Restaurant
- 3-27-19 Distracted Driving Awareness Month Safety Initiative
- 3-29-19 Update: Jail Inmate Charged with Aggravated Battery
- 3-29-19 Waukegan Woman Wanted for Child Abduction Apprehended
- 3-31-19 Zion Man Possessing Significant Amounts of Heroin, Cocaine Arrested
February
- 2-1-19 Adult, Two Juveniles Arrested After Crashing Stolen Car, Fleeing from Scene
- 2-4-19 Warren Township Death Investigation
- 2-5-19 Sheriff's Office Weekly Arrest Press Release
- 2-5-19 Correctional Officer Dionne Dawson Named 'Correctional Officer of the Year'
- 2-6-19 Super Bowl Weekend Traffic Safety Effort Results
- 2-7-19 Waukegan Man Arrested After Repeatedly Selling Prescription Pills to Undercover Detective
- 2-7-19 Update: Warren Township Death Investigation
- 2-9-19 K9 Dax Named K9 of the Year
- 2-9-19 Sheriff's Office Investigating Ingleside Shooting
- 2-10-19 Fatal Wadsworth Traffic Crash
- 2-12-19 Upcoming Citizens Police Academy
- 2-14-19 K9 Boomer to Receive Body Armor Donation
- 2-19-19 Christopher Thompson Promoted to Deputy Chief
- 2-20-19 Jail Inmate Charged with Solicitation of Murder for Hire
- 2-20-19 Gang Member Charged with Intent to Deliver Ecstasy, Cocaine
- 2-22-19 Parolee Charged with Selling Narcotics to Undercover Detective
- 2-23-19 Serious Avon Township Traffic Crash
- 2-25-19 Sheriff Idleburg Receives Most Influential African American of Lake County Award
- 2-25-19 Increase in Motor Vehicle Thefts
- 2-26-19 Robert Richards Promoted to Deputy Chief
January
- 1-2-19 Grant Township Death Investigation Update
- 1-3-19 Sergeant Karen Serzynski Promoted to Deputy Chief
- 1-3-19 Sheriff's Warrants Team Apprehend Wanted Man Hiding in Closet
- 1-4-19 Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign Results
- 1-5-19 Wanted Son Apprehended, Father Arrested
- 1-8-19 Man Charged with DUI, Driving 50MPH Over Limit, After Fleeing Crash Scene in Green Oaks
- 1-9-19 Update to December Swatting Incident
- 1-10-19 Ingleside Man Wanted for Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse Apprehended in Wisconsin
- 1-11-19 Sheriff Idleburg Appoints Lawrence Oliver as Undersheriff
- 1-15-19 Sheriff's Office Seeking Whereabouts of Wanted Ingleside Sexual Offender
- 1-19-19 Warrants Team Apprehends Man Wanted in Connection with 2016 North Chicago Shooting
- 1-20-19 Lake County Sheriff's Office Participating in Illinois Sheriffs' Association College Scholarship Program
- 1-21-19 Sheriff Idleburg Receives 'Drum Major Award' at Waukegan Township Banquet
- 1-23-19 Sheriff Idleburg Signs Letter to President & Congress Urging an End to Government Shutdown
- 1-23-19 Marine Corps Recruiter Charged with Sexual Assault
- 1-25-19 Texas Man Wanted for Attempt Sexual Assault in Spring Grove Apprehended
- 1-28-19 Wanted, Armed Unincorporated Spring Grove Man Arrested After Shooting Pellet Gun at Dog-Walker
- 1-29-19 Partial Sheriff's Office Closure - Wednesday, January 30th
- 1-30-19 Partial Sheriff's Office Closure - Thursday, January 31st
- 1-30-19 Sheriff Idleburg Promotes Two Members of Sheriff's Office
- 1-31-19 Super Bowl Weekend Traffic Safety Effort
December, 2018
- 12-1-18 John D. Idleburg Sworn-In as Lake County Sheriff
- 12-2-18 Fatal Waukegan Township Hit-And-Run Traffic Crash
- 12-2-18 Sheriff's Canine Team Locate Missing, Endangered Woman
- 12-4-18 Beach Park Attempt Armed Robbery
- 12-5-18 Shields Township Armed Robbery
- 12-5-18 Temporary Water Shut-Off at Lake County Jail
- 12-6-18 *Armed Robbery Update* Suspect Identified and Arrested
- 12-6-18 Fatal Hit-and-Run Update-Possible Vehicle Description
- 12-8-18 Two Sheriff's Sergeants Graduate Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and Command
- 12-10-18 Sheriff Idleburg Announces Eviction Moratorium
- 12-11-18 Warren Township "Swatting" Incident
- 12-12-18 Warrants Team Apprehends North Chicago Man Wanted for Battering Pregnant Woman
- 12-13-18 Sheriff Idleburg Supports First Responders Bill
- 12-13-18 K-9 Dax Locates Fleeing Offender
- 12-14-18 Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign
- 12-15-18 Fatal Ingleside Traffic Crash
- 12-15-18 Pedestrian Fatal Ingleside Traffic Crash
- 12-17-18 Fatal Wadsworth Traffic Crash
- 12-18-18 Wanted Couple Apprehended in Wadsworth
- 12-19-18 Sheriff's Office and Sheriff's Association Partner for 7th Annual Shop with a Sheriff Event
- 12-20-18 Fugitive/Sexual Offender Apprehended Following 'Wanted Wednesday' Tips
- 12-21-18 Sheriff's Office Investigating Volo Armed Robbery Involving Broken-Down Vehicle Ruse
- 12-22-18 Sheriff's Office Investigating Beach Park Shooting
- 12-22-18 Wadsworth Man Arrested After Manufacturing Child Pornography
- 12-28-18 Three Arrested in Connection with Beach Park Burglary
- 12-29-18 Beach Park Car Versus Home Crash Investigation
- 12-29-18 Lake Barrington Man Arrested for Car Burglarizing
- 12-31-18 Grant Township Death Investigation