Wauconda police are praising the quick thinking of four teenage boys who found a handgun lying on the sidewalk on Wednesday. Police said the boys were riding their pikes near the Route 12 underpass on ...

After a quick response to finding a handgun on a public sidewalk, a group of teens was treated to a frozen dessert.

WAUCONDA, Ill. (WLS) -- Some teens in north suburban Wauconda are being praised by police. The four suburban boys were riding their bikes near the Route 12 underpass on Route 176 when they spotted an ...

Two of the boys stayed at the scene while the other two rode their bikes to the Wauconda Police Department to report it.

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A police chief recognized four teenagers by buying them ice cream after they found a handgun lying on the sidewalk and immediately reported it in Wauconda Wednesday.

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