Bear Spray Used Against Lake County Deputies at Mental Health Call; 1 Hospitalized, 6 Treated at Scene

Bear spray attack hospitalizes Lake County deputy

A Lake County sheriff’s deputy was hospitalized Monday after being exposed to bear spray while performing a well-being check in Libertyville.The deputy was assisting the sheriff’s Crisis Outreach and Support Team who were serving a “mental health writ” just after 7 a.m. to a 41-year-old man living on the 200 block of Pond Ridge Road.The writ allows authorities to take someone in custody and transport them to a mental health facility for care and…

Lake County deputy hospitalized after bear-spray attack

A Lake County sheriff’s deputy was attacked with bear spray as he and others attempted to serve a mental health writ Monday on a Libertyville man, police said. The deputy was part of a crisis outreach team that went to the man’s residence in the 200 block of Pond Ridge Road at about 7:10 a.m. The deputies and mental health workers were there to serve court papers ordering the man to be brought for mental health care, police said. Police said the…

Bear spray used against Lake County deputies at mental health call; 1 hospitalized, 6 treated at scene

Several Lake County Sheriff’s deputies were sprayed with bear spray Monday morning while dealing with a person having a mental health crisis, causing one to be hospitalized.

1 Deputy Hospitalized, 6 Treated At Scene In Bear Spray Attack: Police

A man is accused of spraying the deputies with the bear spray when they went to serve a mental health write.

Illinois deputies bear-sprayed during mental health call in Chicago suburb

A man is expected to face charges after allegedly bear-spraying Lake County deputies who were trying to take him in for a psychiatric evaluation Monday morning in suburban Libertyville.

Sheriff's deputy hospitalized, 6 other deputies treated after man armed with hatchet sprays bear spray in Libertyville

File Photo – Lake County Sheriff’s Office | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim / Lake and McHenry County Scanner A Lake County sheriff’s deputy was hospitalized and six other deputies were treated after a man armed with a hatchet sprayed them with bear spray as they served a court order in Libertyville Monday morning. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Crisis Outreach and Support Team (COaST) and sheriff’s deputies attempted to serve a mental health writ around…