Barrington Hills Crime
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Cook County jail inmates take on the world in chess tournamentAug 09, 2019 5:30 am - The players stared intently at the chess boards in front of them, tracking their opponents' every move and plotting not only a response, but the response after that, and...
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Multiple St. Viator students provided texts that led to charges, report saysAug 09, 2019 1:00 am - Police records released Friday show multiple St. Viator High School students and parents provided authorities with copies of text messages they deemed inappropriate, lea...
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Report: Officer who shot, killed Waukegan man acted "reasonably and appropriately"Aug 08, 2019 1:00 am - Six months after a Waukegan Police officer shot and killed a Waukegan man who was attempting to run him over Feb. 3, Lake County State's Attorney Michael G. Nerheim dete...
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Beware of scammers posing as computer repair workersAug 07, 2019 1:00 am - The Lake County sheriff's office is warning the public of an emerging financial scam committed over electronic devices, including cellphones and computers. Scammers on ...
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Man who sold gun to undercover Lake County deputy gets 4 years in prisonAug 06, 2019 1:00 am - A Chicago man who admitted to illegally selling a gun to an undercover Lake County sheriff's deputy was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison. Trae Wallace, 27, apol...
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Ex-St. Viator coach accused of sending inappropriate texts to studentsAug 02, 2019 1:00 am - Former St. Viator High School boys basketball coach Joseph Majkowski was charged with four counts of disorderly conduct stemming from allegations the former faculty memb...
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Mundelein man pleads not guilty to sexually abusing two girlsAug 02, 2019 1:00 am - A Mundelein man accused of sexually abusing two girls pleaded not guilty before a Lake County judge Thursday. Breon D. Dixon, 39, of the 1400 block of Downing Place, is ...
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Man who invaded home, shot man over ounce of marijuana and $10 gets 13 years in prisonAug 01, 2019 1:00 am - A 30-year-old Elgin man was sentenced to 13½ years in prison this week after admitting to his role in an Elgin home invasion in which a man was shot over an ounce of mar...
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Cook County sheriff's office arrests 45 as part of national sex-trafficking stingJul 31, 2019 1:00 am - Cook County sherriff's police arrested 45 suspected johns as part of a nationwide five-week, anti-trafficking operation that led to the arrest of more than 500 suspected...
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Men accused of using counterfeit bills in Vernon HillsJul 30, 2019 1:00 am - Two men used counterfeit $100 bills at five businesses in Vernon Hills, the Lake County state's attorney's office said. Filbert A. Elonge, 25, of the 2700 block of Sout...