Waukegan Man Arrested For Selling Heroin Near School
A Waukegan man was arrested Wednesday for selling heroin to an undercover detective multiple times, twice within 500 feet of a school that was in session, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said.
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A Waukegan man was arrested Wednesday for selling heroin to an undercover detective multiple times, twice within 500 feet of a school that was in session, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said.
Authorities say a vehicle driven by the teen crossed into the wrong lane on Route 45 in Warren Township and smashed into a car driven by Katherine Lewis of Grayslake.
Abdul Baloch has been arrested for a hit-and-run that killed a Waukegan man earlier this month, police said.
According to the Lake County Sheriff's Office, Alexander Louis, 27, has been arrested and charged with felony sexual assault.
A 16-year-old boy was rescued from the water and another boy is still missing from Lake Michigan off the coast of Waukegan, officials say.
The 30-year-old concealed carry holder pulled out his own weapon and shot the armed robber in the leg.
A Waukegan man accused of locking his 10-year-old daughter in the basement for several months has been declared fit to stand trial, after undergoing nearly two months of evaluation and treatment.
Authorities have arrested a man who was wanted for shooting a man in North Chicago in November.
Luis Zacarias-Ahumada, 39, was charged Friday with two counts of promoting prostitution.
The officers located by the tracks the 17-year-old just in time.
CBS 2 meteorologist Megan Glaros says Chicago areas can expect a light snow coming Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.
Randy Swopes and his wife, Katherine, are charged with child endangerment and unlawful restraint for keeping their daughter in a basement room for months. They claim they believed she was possessed by a demon.
Two Lake County Sheriff's Canine Units saved two people in Round Lake Beach and Waukegan on Sunday.
Back in July, Katherine Swopes and her husband were arrested after police discovered their 10-year-old daughter in the basement of the family home.
Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran said the body cam video has been released to the state's attorney, the coroner's office and the Robinson family.
Randy Swopes of Waukegan is charged with child endangerment and unlawful restraint for keeping his 10-year-old daughter in a basement room for months because he and his wife believed she was possessed by a demon.
A 39-year-old woman has been charged with murder, after allegedly running over her long-term boyfriend with her car in north suburban Waukegan on Friday.
Waukegan father Randy Swopes, accused in July of locking his daughter in a basement because he believed she was possessed is still in custody, but he's asking for a new court hearing to get his bond lowered.
He is also suspected in an attempted bank robbery on August 25 at 12:45 at the PNC Bank at 2900 Sheridan Road in Zion.
A Lake County judge has ordered a woman charged with locking her 10-year-old daughter in her basement in Waukegan released on her own recognizance, and her husband kept in custody, pending a mental health evaluation.
Parents Randy and Katherine are now behind bars charged with felony child abuse.
Randy and Katherine Swopes were arrested on July 17, charged with unlawful restraint and child endangerment.
CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports the Department of Children and Family Services has had contact with the couple on numerous occasions since the mid-1990s.
The department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) took away four children living in a Waukegan home after authorities found a 10-year-old allegedly held captive in the family's basement for several months.
A Chicago suburb is taking out a loan to cover a nearly $9 million debt in a wrongful conviction case.
