{"id":939,"date":"2018-04-30T23:15:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T03:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=939"},"modified":"2018-04-30T23:15:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T03:15:53","slug":"5-guns-taken-from-vernon-hills-teen-who-wore-shirt-featuring-white-supremacist-group-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=939","title":{"rendered":"5 guns taken from Vernon Hills teen who wore shirt featuring white supremacist group, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"trb_ar_h\">\n<div class=\"trb_ar_hl\">\n<p class=\"trb_ar_hl_t\"><span class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_pm\"><span class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_au\" data-byline-withoutby=\"\"><a class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_au_a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/chi-rick-kambic-staff.html#nt=byline\">Rick Kambic<\/a><\/span><a class=\"trb_ar_by_cl\" href=\"mailto:rkambic@pioneerlocal.com?subject=Regarding:%20%225%20guns%20taken%20from%20Vernon%20Hills%20teen%20who%20wore%20shirt%20featuring%20white%20supremacist%20group,%20police%20say%22\" data-role=\"sc_sEmail\">Contact Reporter\u00a0<\/a><span class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_pb\">Pioneer Press<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_main\">\n<div class=\"trb_ar_la\">\n<aside class=\"trb_em trb_embed\" data-content-id=\"97024006\" data-content-size=\"leadart\" data-content-type=\"image\" data-content-slug=\"ct-1525108205-d14qk8oe64-snap-image\" data-content-subtype=\"photo\" data-role=\"sc_item imgsize_ratiosizecontainer\" data-state=\"\">\n<div class=\"trb_em_m\">\n<figure class=\"trb_em_ic_figure\" data-role=\"imgsize_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gopplaybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-30_23-14-36.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"940\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?attachment_id=940\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gopplaybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-30_23-14-36.jpg?fit=717%2C399&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"717,399\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2018-04-30_23-14-36\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gopplaybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-30_23-14-36.jpg?fit=717%2C399&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-940\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gopplaybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-30_23-14-36.jpg?resize=717%2C399&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gopplaybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-30_23-14-36.jpg?w=717&amp;ssl=1 717w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gopplaybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-30_23-14-36.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gopplaybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-30_23-14-36.jpg?resize=180%2C101&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gopplaybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-30_23-14-36.jpg?resize=260%2C146&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gopplaybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-30_23-14-36.jpg?resize=120%2C67&amp;ssl=1 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div class=\"trb_em_r\" data-role=\"lightbox_metadata\">\n<div class=\"trb_em_r_cc\">Jakub Zak, 19, of Vernon Hills. (Vernon Hills Police Department)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_bd\">\n<div class=\"trb_ar_page\" data-role=\"pagination_page\" data-content-page=\"1\">\n<p>A <a id=\"CHIS0075\" title=\"Vernon Hills\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/topic\/chicago-suburbs\/vernon-hills-CHIS0075-topic.html\">Vernon Hills<\/a>\u00a0teenager who was the target of a college campus threat assessment appeared in court Monday to face charges of possessing five semi-automatic guns without a valid FOID card.<\/p>\n<p>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives asked Vernon Hills police for help with a campus threat assessment of Jakub Zak, 19, following an anonymous tip about the teen\u2019s interest in guns and a sighting of him at College of Lake County wearing clothing that promoted a group known as Patriot Front, according to Kim Christenson, spokesman for the Vernon Hills police department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatriot Front is a white supremacist group whose members maintain that their ancestors conquered America and bequeathed it solely to them,\u201d according to a post on the Anti-Defamation League\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>The group promotes racism, anti-Semitism and intolerance under the guise of preserving ethnic and cultural origins of their European ancestors, according to the Anti-Defamation League.<\/p>\n<p>Federal and local authorities on April 12 searched Zak\u2019s home in the 300 block of Ashwood Court and found five semi-automatic weapons, four boxes of firearm ammunition, empty firearm magazines and several miscellaneous firearm parts, Christenson said. Investigators also found a gun case and gun safe.<\/p>\n<p>Vernon Hills Police were unable to locate any record of a firearm owner&#8217;s identification (FOID) card for anyone associated with Zak\u2019s address, according to Christenson. He said Zak relinquished possession of all the items.<\/p>\n<p>On April 16, Zak was charged with misdemeanor counts of unlawful possession of firearm without a valid FOID card and unlawful possession of ammunition without a FOID card.<\/p>\n<p>Zak did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Anne O\u2019Connell, director of public relations and marketing for College of Lake County, said Zak is a registered student but he\u2019s no longer on campus and the college is conducting an investigation. She declined further comment.<\/p>\n<p>Christenson said Zak\u2019s guns have been sent to a crime lab, but so far police do not believe they\u2019re connected to any other crimes.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, motions for discovery and a speedy trial were file with the Lake County Circuit Court, according to court filings.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/mailto:rkambic@pioneerlocal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rkambic@pioneerlocal.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rick_kambic?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Rick_Kambic<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rick KambicContact Reporter\u00a0Pioneer Press Jakub Zak, 19, of Vernon Hills. 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