Press Releases

2020

April

  1. 4-2-20 Man Wanted in Indiana Shooting & Stabbing Apprehended by Sheriff's Office

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. 2-6-19 Sheriff's Gang Task Force Arrest 14 Men for Solicitation of a Sexual Act
  7. 2-7-19 Waukegan Man Arrested After Repeatedly Selling Prescription Pills to Undercover Detective
  8. 2-7-19 Update: Warren Township Death Investigation
  9. 2-9-19 K9 Dax Named K9 of the Year
  10. 2-9-19 Sheriff's Office Investigating Ingleside Shooting
  11. 2-10-19 Fatal Wadsworth Traffic Crash
  12. 2-12-19 Upcoming Citizens Police Academy
  13. 2-14-19 K9 Boomer to Receive Body Armor Donation
  14. 2-19-19 Christopher Thompson Promoted to Deputy Chief
  15. 2-20-19 Jail Inmate Charged with Solicitation of Murder for Hire
  16. 2-20-19 Gang Member Charged with Intent to Deliver Ecstasy, Cocaine
  17. 2-22-19 Parolee Charged with Selling Narcotics to Undercover Detective
  18. 2-23-19 Serious Avon Township Traffic Crash
  19. 2-25-19 Sheriff Idleburg Receives Most Influential African American of Lake County Award
  20. 2-25-19 Increase in Motor Vehicle Thefts
  21. 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

November

  1. 11-2-18 Critical Fremont Township Traffic Crash
  2. 11-2-18 Wadsworth Deputy Involved Shooting
  3. 11-5-18 Lake County Sheriff's Office Announces Results of Halloween Traffic Safety Patrols
  4. 11-12-18 LCSO K9 Teams Save Two Lives in One Day
  5. 11-15-18 *UPDATE* Wadsworth Deputy Involved Shooting
  6. 11-15-18 Sheriff Curran Announces Thanksgiving Traffic Safety Campaign
  7. 11-20-18 Lake County Sheriffs Office Supports Toys for Tots Campaign
  8. 11-26-18 Lake County Sheriffs Office Announces Results of Thanksgiving Traffic Safety Campaign
  9. 11-28-18 Information Requested Reference Gages Lake Armed Robbery Suspect

October

  1. 10-2-18 Man Charged with Disorderly Conduct Following Neighbor Dispute, Pointing a Shotgun at Deputies
  2. 10-5-18 Algonquin Man Arrested For Indecent Solicitation of Young Teen
  3. 10-5-18 Collaborative Lake County Warrant Sweep Results in 22 Arrests
  4. 10-9-18 Jail Visitor Entrance Relocated
  5. 10-12-18 Sheriff Curran Announces Participation in DEA Drug Take Back On October 27
  6. 10-13-18 Deerfield Man Arrested for Indecent Solicitation of Young Teen
  7. 10-13-18 Serious Lake Villa Township Traffic Crash
  8. 10-15-18 Lake County Jail Introduces Tablet System for Inmate Use
  9. 10-15-18 Lake County Sheriffs Office Earns Triple Crown
  10. 10-17-18 Man Apprehended Following June Shooting in Zion
  11. 10-17-18 Sheriff Curran Reminds the Motorists to Drive Sober and Buckle Up This Halloween Season
  12. 10-18-18 K9 Team Apprehends Fleeing Domestic Battery Offender
  13. 10-22-18 Misleading Telemarketers Continue Soliciting Lake County Residents
  14. 10-24-18 Lake County Advances Local Justice System Reform with funding from MacArthur Foundation
  15. 10-26-18 Lake County Alcohol Compliance Checks
  16. 10-29-18 Lake County Jail Passes Prison Rape Elimination Act Audit
  17. 10-31-18 Sheriff's Warrants Team Apprehend Wanted Sexual Offender
  18. 10-31-18 Two Adults, Two Juveniles Arrested for Burglarizing Cars in Warren Township

September

  1. 9-4-18 Sheriff Curran Announces Results of Labor Day Traffic Safety Patrols
  2. 9-5-18 Sheriffs Office Kicks Off Veterans Coat Drive with Local Law Enforcement
  3. 9-10-18 Beach Park Critical Traffic Crash
  4. 9-12-18 Warren Township Man Arrested Following Vehicle Crash and False Report of a 'Carjacking'
  5. 9-12-18 Man Flees Courthouse After Resisting Court Officer
  6. 9-19-18 Zion PD, Sheriff's Office, and State's Attorney's Office Collaborate to Reduce Crime in Zion
  7. 9-19-18 Lake County Jail Death Investigation
  8. 9-20-18 Three Wisconsin Men Arrested; Armed with Guns, Masks, and Drugs
  9. 9-24-18 Lake County Sheriffs Weekly Judicial Sales Now Held at County Building, Room 110
  10. 9-24-18 Illinois Rail Safety Week - Make Safety Your Priority
  11. 9-26-18 Mississippi Man Wanted for Murder Apprehended in Zion
  12. 9-28-18 Update Fatal Antioch Township Hit-And-Run
  13. 9-28-18 LCSO and LCHD Announce Crisis Outreach and Support Team (COaST) to Combat Mental Illness

August

  1. 8-2-18 Gurnee Man Arrested After Gun, Cannabis Located During Search Warrant
  2. 8-2-18 Lake County Sheriffs Office Speed Awareness Campaign Nets 83 Citations
  3. 8-3-18 Wadsworth Man Arrested Following Burglary Investigation, Two Handguns Recovered
  4. 8-5-18 Man Dies After Being Pulled from Petite Lake
  5. 8-11-18 Man In Critical Condition After Lake Marie Boating Accident
  6. 8-11-18 Critical Beach Park Crash
  7. 8-11-18 Sheriff's Deputies Save Life Using Naloxone On Chain O' Lakes
  8. 8-13-18 Update Critical Beach Park Crash
  9. 8-13-18 Sheriff Curran Announces Labor Day Traffic Safety Patrol
  10. 8-14-18 Lake County Jail Passes 2018 Inspection in All Categories
  11. 8-15-18 Lake County Sheriffs Office Earns First Place in Traffic Safety Challenge
  12. 8-16-18 Sheriffs Warrants Team Apprehend Man Wanted for Aggravated Domestic Battery
  13. 8-27-18 Fremont Middle School Social Media Threat Investigation
  14. 8-28-18 Sheriffs Warrants Team and Gang Task Force Apprehend Three Subjects
  15. 8-28-18 Lake County Sheriffs Office K-9 Team Nets 1st Place in Overall Explosive Trials
  16. 8-29-18 Sheriff's Gang Task Force Arrest Eight Men for Solicitation of a Sexual Act
  17. 8-30-18 Man Arrested After Fleeing from Deputy in Lake Villa Township
  18. 8-31-18 Sheriffs Warrants Team and Zion Police Department Apprehend Documented Street Gang Member

July

  1. 7-2-18 Florida Man Wanted for Manslaughter Apprehended by Sheriff's Warrants Team in Wauconda Twp
  2. 7-3-18 Sheriff's Detectives Arrest Waukegan Man after Selling Homemade Explosive Fireworks
  3. 7-9-18 Fremont Township Robbery Suspect Apprehended by Sheriff's Canine Team
  4. 7-10-18 Jail Inmate Charged After Falsely Accusing Corrections Officer of Sexual Assault
  5. 7-11-18 Sheriffs Marine Unit Announces Results of Operation Dry Water
  6. 7-11-18 Lake County Sheriffs Office Announces Results of July 4th Traffic Enforcement
  7. 7-11-18 Fatal Newport Township Car vs Motorcycle Crash
  8. 7-13-18 Fatal Antioch Township Motorcycle Crash
  9. 7-13-18 Woman Surrendering on a Warrant is Saved by Sheriff's Employees After Overdosing
  10. 7-15-18 Second Life Saved to Opioid Overdose in Less than 48-Hours
  11. 7-16-18 Waukegan Man Arrested After Shooting Gun from His Vehicle in Libertyville Area
  12. 7-16-18 Sheriff Mark Curran Announces Recent Promotions
  13. 7-19-18 Lake County Sheriffs Office Joins Forces with Agencies Statewide for 2018 Illinois Speed Awareness Day
  14. 7-20-18 'Women on Patrol' to Film the Lake County Sheriff's Office
  15. 7-25-18 Man Who Fled After Arrest Apprehended
  16. 7-25-18 Man Possessing Three Guns Arrested Following Search Warrant at His Residence
  17. 7-29-18 Critical Warren Township Crash
  18. 7-31-18 Lake County Sheriff's Office Achieves CALEA Accreditation

June

  1. 6-1-18 Critical Wauconda Township Crash
  2. 6-5-18 Fatherhood & Reentry Class Graduate Programming Course Held in Lake County Jail
  3. 6-5-18 Critical Antioch Township Motorcycle Crash
  4. 6-5-18 Man Arrested for Impersonating a Police Officer While Attempting to Purchase Firearm
  5. 6-6-18 Tobacco Compliance Checks Results
  6. 6-7-18 Man Armed with Gun Taken into Custody Following Domestic Disturbance
  7. 6-8-18 Lake County Alcohol Compliance Checks
  8. 6-10-18 Fatal Antioch Township Hit-And-Run
  9. 6-12-18 Sheriff's Sergeant Receives International Chiefs of Police Association '40 Under 40' Award
  10. 6-13-18 Lake County Sheriffs Office Warns Public of Misleading Telemarketers
  11. 6-15-18 Chicago Man Arrested After Selling Heroin and Gun to Undercover Sheriff's Gang Task Force Detectives
  12. 6-22-18 Sheriff Curran Announces Independence Day Traffic Safety Campaign
  13. 6-25-18 Critical Warren Township Traffic Crash
  14. 6-25-18 Lake County Sheriffs Deputy and K-9 Partner Seize Drugs
  15. 6-26-18 Misleading Telemarketers Continue Calling Lake County Residents
  16. 6-26-18 One of the Most Wanted Fugitives in Wisconsin Apprehended
  17. 6-28-18 Serious Ela Township Vehicle vs Pedestrian Crash
  18. 6-29-18 Sheriff Curran Announces Marine Unit Participation in Operation Dry Water

May

  1. 5-1-18 Fugitive Located and Arrested in Waukegan
  2. 5-1-18 Sheriff's Office Announces Results of Distracted Driving Campaign
  3. 5-3-18 Successful 2017 for Lake County Sheriffs Gang Task Force
  4. 5-4-18 Lake County Annual Police Memorial Set for Friday, May 11 at Noon
  5. 5-4-18 Sheriff Curran Announces DUI Weekend Traffic Patrol
  6. 5-7-18 Lake County Sheriff's Merit Commission Accepting Entry-Level Deputy Sheriff Applications
  7. 5-7-18 Fugitive Located and Arrested in Texas
  8. 5-7-18 Sheriffs Deputy Saves Suicidal Subject
  9. 5-8-18 Sheriff Curran Nominates New Merit Commissioner
  10. 5-17-18 Sheriff Curran Announces Memorial Day Traffic Safety Patrols
  11. 5-18-18 Sheriff's K9 Team Locate Fleeing Burglar in Lake Villa Twp
  12. 5-21-18 Two Sheriffs Sergeants Graduate NUs School of Police Staff and Command
  13. 5-22-18 Sheriff Curran Expands Veteran's Ambassador Program
  14. 5-22-18 Sheriff's Gang Task Force Arrest Hawthorn Woods Man for Illegally Purchasing Large Amounts of Tramadol
  15. 5-24-18 Antioch Township Incident
  16. 5-25-18 Gang Task Force Arrest Zion Man Receiving Package Delivery with Large Amount of Cannabis
  17. 5-29-18 Fatal North Barrington Motorcycle Crash
  18. 5-30-18 Lake County Jail Receives $100,000.00 Grant from Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County
  19. 5-30-18 Benton Township Woman Arrested in Connection with Warren Township Home Invasion
  20. 5-30-18 Sheriff Curran Announces Results of Memorial Day Traffic Safety Patrols
  21. 5-31-18 Sheriff Curran, Lake County Chiefs of Police Launch Countywide '#DropItAndDrive' Campaign

April

  1. 4-2-18 Fatal Truck vs Pedestrian Incident
  2. 4-3-18 Unincorporated Lake Villa Single Vehicle Collision
  3. 4-4-18 Lake County Jail Medical Staff And Corrections Officers Save Life Of Woman Overdosing
  4. 4-6-18 Former FBI Special Agent Terrence Hake Speaks About Operation Greylord During Sheriff's Enrichment Session
  5. 4-9-18 Sheriffs Sergeant Arrests Convicted Felon in Possession of a Firearm During Traffic Stop
  6. 4-13-18 Sheriff Curran Announces Distracted Driver Traffic Safety Campaign
  7. 4-17-18 Four Corrections Officers Promoted to Sergeant
  8. 4-19-18 Fatal Volo Crash
  9. 4-20-18 The Lake County Sheriffs Office Is Taking Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs April 28 At Three
  10. 4-23-18 Fugitive Located and Arrested in Freeport Illinois
  11. 4-23-18 Woman Arrested After Offering Sex for Money
  12. 4-23-18 Canine Dax Locates Suicidal Subject in Knollwood
  13. 4-24-18 Waukegan Exchange Club Honors Deputy of the Year
  14. 4-27-18 Warrants Team Apprehend Wanted Man Attempting to Flee from Third-Floor Balcony
  15. 4-27-18 Lake County Sheriff's Office Becomes First and Only ILEAP Accredited Sheriff's Office

March

  1. 3-1-18 Lake County Sheriff's Office and Advocate Health Care Conduct Training Summit on Violence
  2. 3-1-18 Sheriff's Detectives Obtain Warrant for Man Threatening a Public Official
  3. 3-8-18 Sheriff's Warrants Team, Sheriff's K-9 Apprehend Ela Twp Fugitive
  4. 3-9-18 Sheriff's Deputy Charged with Official Misconduct
  5. 3-12-18 Sheriff Mark Curran Invites ILEAP Assessors
  6. 3-12-18 Sheriff Mark Curran Announces St Patricks Day Traffic Safety Campaign
  7. 3-14-18 Wanted Felon Flees After Crashing into Squad Car
  8. 3-17-18 Man Charged with Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault
  9. 3-18-18 Fatal Traffic Crash
  10. 3-19-18 Lake County Sheriffs Office Announces Results of St Patricks Day Traffic Enforcement
  11. 3-20-18 Critical Unincorporated Libertyville Traffic Crash
  12. 3-22-18 Wanted Man Stabs Himself to Avoid Arrest
  13. 3-22-18 Missing Juvenile
  14. 3-23-18 Fugitive Located and Arrested in Texas
  15. 3-27-18 Fatal Train Crash

February

  1. 2-2-18 Sheriff's Detectives Recover Firearm, Other Property Stolen During Residential Burglary
  2. 2-6-18 Sheriff's Gang Task Force Arrest Seven Men for Solicitation of a Sexual Act
  3. 2-5-18 Sheriff Curran Announces Super Bowl Weekend Enforcement Results
  4. 2-12-18 Traffic Crash with Injuries
  5. 2-19-18 If you See Something, Say Something!
  6. 2-20-18 Fatal Fremont Township Crash
  7. 2-21-18 Innovative Justice Reform Program Seeing Promising Results
  8. 2-21-18 Sheriff's Deputies Utilize Crisis Intervention Skills to De-Escalate Armed Situation
  9. 2-22-18 Sheriff Curran Commissions Survey on Opioid and Substance Use Disorders among Lake County Jail Inmates
  10. 2-26-18 Lake County Sheriffs Office Scheduled for On-Site Assessment
  11. 2-25-18 Critical Antioch Township Traffic Crash
  12. 2-23-18 Fugitive Arrested for Criminal Sexual Assault
  13. 2-28-18 Sheriffs Warrant's Team & Highway Patrol Deputies Apprehend Wanted Man in Cuba Township

January

  1. 1-3-18 Sheriff Curran Releases Holiday Enforcement Results
  2. 1-4-18 Lake County Sheriff's Warrants Deputies Apprehend
  3. 1-5-18 Lake County Sheriff's Office Applies for ILEAP Accreditation
  4. 1-10-18 Missing Endangered Beach Park Man
  5. 1-5-18 Fatal Long Grove Crash-Updated
  6. 1-17-18 Sheriff's Gang Task Force Arrest Man for Gun, Drug Offenses
  7. 1-19-18 Sheriffs Office Announces ISA Scholarship
  8. 1-19-18 Man With Out of State Sexual Offense Warrant Lies About Identity
  9. 1-22-18 Sheriff Invites Resident to Participate in Citizens Police Academy
  10. 1-26-18 Warrants Team Apprehend Wanted Kenosha Man After Barricading Himself in Apartment
  11. 1-29-18 Sheriff Mark Curran Super Bowl Traffic Safety Campaign
  12. 1-31-18 Warrants Team Apprehend Two Wanted for Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault in Two Days
  13. 1-31-18 Chief Timothy McCarthy Set to Speak to Sheriff's Personnel During Enrichment Session

April