Deerfield Crime
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Man gets 68 years in prison for kidnapping, sex assaultDec 09, 2014 12:01 am - A man with ties to Lake County who was convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman during a multistate crime spree was sentenced Tuesday to 68 years behind b...
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Woman charged with filing false stabbing reportDec 08, 2014 12:01 am - A Des Plaines woman has been charged with filing a false police report for saying she was stabbed last month while jogging in a Palatine forest preserve, Cook County off...
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24 months probation for woman in Cuneo family theft caseDec 08, 2014 12:00 am - A woman convicted in September of stealing from a member of the Cuneo family in Vernon Hills was sentenced in Lake County court Monday to 24 months probation and 18 mont...
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Zion man guilty of killing Waukegan man in 2013Dec 05, 2014 12:01 am - A jury has found 32-year-old Jamal Johnson of Zion guilty Thursday of killing a 23-year-old Waukegan man in the parking lot of a Zion food store. Johnson now faces up t...
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Four stabbed on Amtrak train from ChicagoDec 05, 2014 12:01 am - NILES, Mich. - A man wielding a knife stabbed four people aboard a passenger train Friday, including an Amtrak employee, police said. The suspect was in custody Friday n...
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West Dundee man indicted in business fraud schemeDec 04, 2014 12:01 am - Two men, including one from West Dundee, have been indicted on federal fraud charges alleging they bilked 125 business owners nationwide out of $2 million over three yea...
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Judge: 2005 Aurora murder case to remain in adult courtDec 04, 2014 12:01 am - The case of the 2005 murder of an Aurora substance abuse counselor won't return to juvenile court, a judge said Thursday. Garang Deng, now 23, was 14 when prosecutors sa...
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Teachers accused of not reporting sex abuse plead not guiltyDec 04, 2014 12:00 am - Two of three former Gavin Elementary District 37 teachers accused of failing to report suspected student sex abuse involving a former colleague pleaded not guilty to the...
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Judge denies lower bail for Ingleside man who may lose tongueDec 03, 2014 12:01 am - A Lake County judge denied a motion Wednesday to lower bail for an Ingleside teen accused of leading police on a wild chase in mid-November while high and drunk. Judge C...
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Official wants closure in Zion murders, no matter the costDec 01, 2014 4:00 am - Jorge Avila-Torrez already faces the death penalty and five consecutive life sentences for violent crimes he committed in Virginia, so is his return to Lake County to st...