Lake and McHenry County Scanner · Gurnee, IL
A Grayslake woman and an Antioch man were transported to the hospital after a crash left the man’s SUV on its roof when the woman failed to yield while turning left in Gurnee, police said. The Gurnee Police Department and Gurnee Fire Department responded around 3:45 p.m. on November 5 to Milwaukee Avenue, also known as Route 21, near Gages Lake Road in Gurnee for a report of a crash with injuries. A dispatcher told responding firefighters there were reports of one vehicle upside down but that both drivers were awake and breathing, according to fire department radio traffic. Crews arrived and found two vehicles involved, one of them resting on its roof, radio traffic indicated. A 30-year-old Grayslake woman driving a Honda Pilot was traveling north on Milwaukee Avenue, Gurnee Police Department Public Information Officer Sgt. Shawn Gaylor said. She attempted to turn left onto Gages Lake Road when her vehicle collided with a southbound Volvo SUV, driven by a 27-year-old Antioch man.
Lake and McHenry County Scanner · Waukegan, IL
Nearby: Waukegan, ILVista Medical Center East in Waukegan had just 21 patients Thursday morning and closed one of its floors, an employee said, amid reports that a group of the hospital’s doctors could take over running it. An employee told Lake and McHenry County Scanner that Vista Medical Center East had 21 patients on Thursday morning and that the hospital closed its fifth floor. The fifth floor had only 15 patients so the hospital moved four of them to the intensive care unit and the rest to the second floor before closing it, the employee said. American Healthcare Systems (AHS), the California-based, for-profit hospital chain that owns Vista Medical Center East, bought the hospital in July 2023. A Vista Medical Center East spokesperson said Friday that Lake and McHenry County Scanner’s questions had been shared with AHS and hospital leadership and that they were awaiting a response.
Lake and McHenry County Scanner · Waukegan, IL
Nearby: Waukegan, ILA car that ran out of gas and stopped on Waukegan Road was rear-ended, resulting in a five-vehicle crash that sent two people to the hospital and completely shut down the road near Waukegan early Monday. The Waukegan Fire Department, North Chicago Fire Department and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded just before 5:50 a.m. Monday to Waukegan Road and Buckley Road near Waukegan for a report of a crash with injuries. An ambulance crew that arrived reported the crash was in the southbound lanes of Waukegan Road north of Buckley Road and south of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, according to fire department radio traffic. Crews reported finding four vehicles, one with heavy damage and three with moderate damage, radio traffic indicated. Firefighters requested more ambulances as they prepared to transport multiple patients and reported that Waukegan Road was completely shut down.
Lake and McHenry County Scanner · Waukegan, IL
Nearby: Waukegan, ILA parolee threatened to shoot and stab a 13-year-old boy, struck him repeatedly in the face, leaving a wound that needed stitches, and stole his phone and wallet, then robbed a woman at a bus stop the next day in Waukegan, prosecutors said. Ishmael M. Lewis, 28, of Waukegan, was indicted last week on one count of armed robbery, a Class X felony, along with two counts of aggravated robbery, a Class 1 felony, two counts of robbery, a Class 2 felony, and two counts of aggravated battery, a Class 3 felony. The Waukegan Police Department responded around 4:19 p.m. on October 20 to the 2000 block of North Lewis Avenue for a report of a robbery. A 13-year-old boy told officers he had gone to a nearby Dollar General and was walking after leaving the store when Lewis approached him, Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney Lourdes Jimenez said. The boy described him as being in his 30s with face, neck and hand tattoos and said he wore black gym shoes and carried a duffle bag across his body.
Lake and McHenry County Scanner · Beach Park, IL
Nearby: Beach Park, ILWarren Township’s current clerk, a fire service veteran who spent years as Gurnee’s fire chief and later served as Beach Park’s deputy chief, has died, the township announced Wednesday. Warren Township announced the death of its clerk, Fred N. Friedl III, in a statement Wednesday morning. The Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, which counted Friedl as a member for 38 years, shared news of his death and his funeral arrangements. The Village of Gurnee, where Friedl was fire chief, also announced his death Wednesday morning. None of the announcements said when or how Friedl died. Friedl had served as Warren Township clerk since he was appointed in August 2020, the township said. The township said Friedl also served as fire chief of the Gurnee Fire Department and deputy fire chief of the Beach Park Fire Department, “among many other titles and roles he held throughout the community.” “His commitment to serving others was evident in everything he did,” the township said.
Lake and McHenry County Scanner · Green Oaks, IL
Nearby: Green Oaks, ILThe coroner has released the identity of a 29-year-old Waukegan man who died after his SUV drifted onto the center median and struck a concrete barrier in Green Oaks early Sunday morning. Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek identified the driver on Monday as Fernando Alvarado-Reyes, 29, of Waukegan. An autopsy was completed and preliminary results indicate Alvarado-Reyes died from blunt force injuries as a result of the crash, Banek said. The Libertyville Fire Department and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 4:10 a.m. Sunday to the area of Route 137, also known as Buckley Road, just east of Interstate 94 in Green Oaks for a report of a single-vehicle crash with injuries. Fire department radio traffic indicated the crash was in the westbound lanes of Buckley Road at the ramp to northbound Interstate 94.
Lake and McHenry County Scanner · Zion, IL
Nearby: Zion, ILA man faces up to 120 years in prison after a jury convicted him of murder Tuesday in a 2018 Zion home invasion and triple shooting that prosecutors say was planned after robbers saw a victim with lawsuit settlement cash on Snapchat. Tracy Davis Jr., 36, of Minnesota, was found guilty Tuesday of one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder, a Class X felony, prosecutors said. Davis was indicted in January 2023 on five counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder. The Zion Police Department responded to the 2800 block of Edina Boulevard in Zion on February 16, 2018, for a report of a home invasion and shots fired. Officers found a man and two women, between the ages of 24 and 43, who had been shot inside the home. One of the women, Kaleah Beville, 36, of Zion, was shot multiple times and airlifted to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville where she later died. The other two victims were also taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center.
Lake and McHenry County Scanner · Lake Forest, IL
Nearby: Lake Forest, ILA 24-year-old woman who witnesses say was racing another car at around 120 mph was seriously injured when her motorcycle rear-ended a car and sent debris into a Rolls-Royce on Interstate 94 near Lake Forest, authorities said. The Libertyville Fire Department and Illinois State Police responded around 6:10 p.m. on November 1 to eastbound Interstate 94 near milepost 18.25, just south of the Lake Forest Oasis, for a report of a crash with injuries involving a motorcycle. A preliminary investigation indicates the motorcycle was traveling in the second lane from the left and tried to move right into the third lane to pass a Toyota sedan in front of it but struck the rear of the Toyota, an Illinois State Police (ISP) spokesperson said. Debris from the motorcycle then struck a Rolls-Royce that was traveling in the third lane, ISP said. The Toyota was driven by an adult woman and the Rolls-Royce was driven by an adult man, ISP said.
Lake and McHenry County Scanner · Mundelein, IL
Nearby: Mundelein, ILPolice officers in riot gear lined up outside the Mundelein Village Hall as protesters left a board meeting where the family of a woman fatally shot by a police sergeant again demanded he be fired. The Village of Mundelein held its regular board meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the village hall two weeks after protesters shut down the board’s October 26 meeting and 11 days after they forced a recess at a rescheduled meeting held under heavy police security on October 29. The family of Mary Alice Love, 37, of Mundelein, and their supporters are demanding the firing of Mundelein Police Sgt. Christopher Brigano, who fatally shot Love at her family’s home on May 11. Video published by the Lake County chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) shows at least 10 police officers wearing helmets, several with face shields, standing in a line outside the village hall in the dark as protesters carrying signs walk past them.
Lake and McHenry County Scanner · Vernon Hills, IL
Nearby: Vernon Hills, ILA 17-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to his leg after he was “playing around” with a ghost gun he brought to a friend’s home in Vernon Hills and it fired a bullet through his thigh, police said. The Vernon Hills Police Department and the Countryside Fire Protection District responded around 6:41 p.m. on November 6 to the 400 block of Tanglewood Court in Vernon Hills for a report of a juvenile who had shot himself in the leg. Fire department radio traffic indicated paramedics were dispatched for a penetrating trauma call and staged nearby until they were cleared to move in. Officers arrived and found the 17-year-old North Chicago boy in an upstairs bedroom of the home with a gunshot wound to his right leg, Vernon Hills Deputy Police Chief Shannon Holubetz said. Holubetz said officers saw a pistol near the teen as they gave him medical aid until paramedics arrived. Officers seized the gun and a fully loaded magazine as evidence.
Lake and McHenry County Scanner · Round Lake, IL
Nearby: Round Lake, ILA 34-year-old man was charged with arson after police say he started multiple fires throughout the Round Lake Beach home he shared with family members, including in his bedroom, Friday morning. The Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District and Round Lake Beach Police Department responded around 10:23 a.m. Friday to the 1200 block of Woodridge Drive near Ronald Terrace in Round Lake Beach for a report of a structure fire. A 911 caller told dispatchers the corner house was on fire and did not know whether anyone was home, according to fire department radio traffic. Firefighters were dispatched with reports that a resident and a dog were inside the home, Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Tony Carraro said. Crews arrived and found heavy smoke showing from the basement, first floor and attic of the single-family home and two residents, who had just returned home, standing outside, Carraro said.
Lake and McHenry County Scanner · Round Lake, IL
Nearby: Round Lake, ILThe legal team for a Round Lake mother held by ICE in a Kentucky jail for more than 15 months over two old retail theft cases said in an update Tuesday that she was granted a $7,500 bond and is awaiting release. Beata Siemionkowicz, 57, of Round Lake, has been held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for more than 15 months, mostly at the Campbell County Detention Center in Newport, Kentucky. Siemionkowicz was granted bond at a hearing before an immigration judge Friday and the bond was set at $7,500, ACLU of Illinois Director of Communications and Public Policy Ed Yohnka said Tuesday. “We continue to await her release,” Yohnka told Lake and McHenry County Scanner. Siemionkowicz was still listed at the Campbell County Detention Center Tuesday morning, according to ICE’s online detainee locator. It was not immediately known when she would be released.