Deerfield Crime
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Authorities: Elgin man used dating app to set up armed robberyJun 25, 2019 1:00 am - A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged with using a dating app to rob a man of $50 at gunpoint in Elgin earlier this year, according to authorities and court re...
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Recipe for success? Lake County jail program gives inmates culinary skillsJun 21, 2019 5:30 am - George Allen has a passion for food. From cooking for his family at home to his two decades' experience working at everything from fine dining restaurants in Chicago to ...
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Man pleads not guilty to murder of Round Lake Beach womanJun 20, 2019 1:00 am - A 20-year-old man accused of breaking into a house near Round Lake Beach and killing a woman pleaded not guilty to several first-degree murder charges in Lake County cou...
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Waukegan man accused of trying to sell stolen equipment to ownerJun 20, 2019 1:00 am - A Waukegan man has been charged after trying to sell stolen landscaping equipment to the person the items were taken from, authorities said Thursday. Angelo L. Rodrigue...
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Stolen car leads to juveniles in custody in Round Lake ParkJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - An earlier version of this report mistakenly said the arrests were made Thursday. Two juveniles were taken into custody Wednesday after a car with the keys left in ...
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Jury finds Round Lake Beach man guilty of killing romantic rivalJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - A Round Lake Beach man was found guilty of first-degree murder for gunning down a romantic rival. Kenneth Seplak, 39, now faces life in prison when he is sentenced July...
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Round Lake Beach man testifies he only tried to scare romantic rival, then gun went offJun 17, 2019 1:00 am - Kenneth Seplak testified Monday he accidentally shot and killed a Libertyville man who he said was chasing him on Milwaukee Avenue after a parking lot confrontation. But...
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Gunshot residue and forensic science take over Libertyville murder trialJun 13, 2019 1:00 am - An evidence technician testified Thursday that gunshot residue was found on a driver's-side window well and on the left cuff of a shirt police believe Kenneth Seplak wor...
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Woman testifies she told murder suspect she didn't want romantic relationshipJun 12, 2019 1:00 am - The Wauconda woman at the center of Kenneth Seplak's murder trial in the death of a man he thought was a romantic rival testified Wednesday that she repeatedly told Sepl...
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Did spurned love turn into murder? 2016 case goes to trial this week in Lake CountyJun 10, 2019 5:21 am - 2016 case goes to trial this week in Lake County