Copyright 2013 Daily Herald, Paddock Publications, Inc. http://www.dailyherald.com/news/county/lake/ en-us Tue, 14 May 2013 22:41:38 -0400 http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149697/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149697/ Tue, 14 May 2013 18:58:33 -0400 A Vernon Hills man is accused of hiring an undercover police officer he believed was a hitman to kill the mother of a woman who was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash with him last year. Jonathan Villasana, 24, of the 0 to 100 block of Timber Lane, is being held in the Lake County jail on $1 million bond after being charged with solicitation of murder and solicitation of murder for hire. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149783/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149783/ Tue, 14 May 2013 17:51:24 -0400 Lawmakers could try to add additional ethics measures and reconsider putting slot machines at the Chicago airports in an effort to get Gov. Pat Quinn to back a gambling plan, one of its key supporters said Tuesday. State Rep. Lou Lang, a Skokie Democrat, said he's looking to tinker with legislation ushered through the Illinois Senate this month by state Sen. Terry Link, a Waukegan Democrat. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149764/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149764/ Tue, 14 May 2013 16:47:03 -0400 A Benedictine monk accused of attempting to lure four teens into his car on two occasions in Antioch pleaded not guilty Tuesday to child abduction charges that could put him in prison for up to three years. Thomas J. Chmura, 57, with a listed address at St. Benedict's Abbey in Benet Lake, Wis., entered his not guilty plea as his attorneys unsucessfully petitoned a Lake County judge to lower his... http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149851/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149851/ Tue, 14 May 2013 14:39:18 -0400 A Lake County man once accused of using his family's Grayslake restaurant to traffic drugs is facing new drug conspiracy charges that could put him behind bars for life, authorities said Tuesday. Jack Papandreou, 37, formerly of Wadsworth, pleaded not guilty in Lake County court Tuesday to three counts of criminal drug conspiracy. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149834/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149834/ Tue, 14 May 2013 12:57:56 -0400 The Lake County Municipal Vehicle & Equipment Auction will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 18 at the Lake County Fairgrounds, 1060 E. Peterson Road, Grayslake. Auction items include police cars, seized vehicles, vans, pickup trucks, trailer, computers, office equipment, bikes, and other miscellaneous items.