Deerfield Crime
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Gang member gets 8½ years prison on weapons chargeOct 30, 2015 1:00 am - A 24-year-old gang member was sentenced to 8½ years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to a weapons offense stemming from a 2013 arrest in Elgin. Miguel Covarrubias,...
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District 207 benefits from Lake Forest medical waste firm settlementOct 30, 2015 1:00 am - A Lake Forest medical waste disposal company has settled a nationwide lawsuit stemming from its practice of overcharging government agencies for inaccurate operating cos...
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Volo woman pleads guilty in bank robberiesOct 29, 2015 1:00 am - A Volo woman has admitted in federal court that she robbed banks in Crystal Lake and Grayslake, and tried to rob a bank in Johnsburg in March, authorities said. Teresa ...
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Man withdraws plea in Lake County courthouse threat caseOct 27, 2015 1:00 am - A California man accused of threatening to "light up" the Gurnee police headquarters and the Lake County courthouse is back in Lake County jail after withdrawing from a ...
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Reward offered in hit-and-run that killed Prairie View manOct 23, 2015 1:00 am - A $2,000 reward is being offered to find the person responsible for the hit-and-run crash that killed a Prairie View man. Lake County Crime Stoppers and the family of J...
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Man who tried to sell gun to teen later killed by police pleads guiltyOct 21, 2015 1:00 am - A Lindenhurst man admitted to trying to illegally sell a gun to a teen who was later shot and killed by police in Zion. Tramond Peet, 18, pleaded guilty to one count of ...
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Lake County deputy injured during arrestOct 21, 2015 1:00 am - A Lake County Sheriff's deputy suffered several fractures to his hand Tuesday while arresting a Round Lake area man suspected of beating his former girlfriend and anothe...
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Sheriff's office seeks help in finding driver in Prairie View hit-and-runOct 20, 2015 1:00 am - The Lake County sheriff's office is asking for the community's help in locating a driver who fled after fatally striking a 68-year-old man last week in Prairie View. Jam...
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Defense hopes to pin Zion girls' murders on exonerated fatherOct 20, 2015 1:00 am - The defense for a former Zion man accused of the notorious 2005 murders of two little girls plans to pin the slayings on one of the girl's fathers when the case goes to ...
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North Chicago man charged with weapons, drug violationsOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - A documented street gang member from North Chicago faces numerous weapons- and drug-related charges after being arrested Thursday by the Lake County Gang Task Force, aut...