Deerfield Crime
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25 years for Elgin gang shootings that injured 3Nov 28, 2012 1:32 pm - A 20-year-old Elgin man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday after admitting his role in two gang-related shootings in Elgin in which three people were injured,...
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Elgin man gets 15 years for planning to sell 30,000 Ecstasy pillsNov 27, 2012 3:00 pm - An Elgin man Tuesday was sentenced to 15 years in prison after his conviction earlier this year of possession of 30,000 Ecstasy pills that authorities estimate were wort...
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Man seeking new murder trial years after guilty pleaNov 27, 2012 9:00 am - A Waukegan man serving 34 years in prison for murder is seeking a new trial, claiming his defense attorney misled him into taking a guilty plea in 2002, authorities said...
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Man convicted of killing girlfriend's mom denied new trialNov 26, 2012 1:00 pm - A Lake County judge rejected a new trial request Monday for a man convicted in the 2010 killing of his girlfriend's mother in Vernon Hills. Daniel Baker, 24, of Deerfiel...
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Former solid waste agency director to plead guiltyNov 26, 2012 11:00 am - The former executive director of the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County expects to plead guilty to charges that he stole about $850,000 from the agency, his lawy...
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Cops: Illegal fake weed sold at Grayslake gas stationNov 20, 2012 3:11 pm - Authorities say they have confiscated what’s believed to be fake marijuana from a Grayslake gasoline station where it was sold. Lake County sheriff’s office Sgt. Sara Ba...
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Judge lets Lake prosecute Petite Lake boat crash caseNov 20, 2012 10:00 am - A judge ruled Tuesday the Lake County State's Attorney's office will handle prosecution of a Barlett man accused in a fatal boating crash, even though the 10-year-old vi...
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Indicted ex-commissioner negotiating plea dealNov 19, 2012 2:43 pm - An attorney for a former Cook County commissioner says his client is negotiating a possible plea deal with federal prosecutors in a bribery and kickback case. Word of th...
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CLC says student made bogus sexual assault reportNov 16, 2012 4:01 pm - College of Lake County officials say a teenage female student has recanted her claim of being sexually attacked in a courtyard on the Grayslake campus last month. Offici...
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6 years for violating probation for threatening Aurora copsNov 16, 2012 3:18 pm - A 51-year-old man was sentenced this week to six years in prison for repeatedly violating his probation that he received after repeatedly calling the Aurora police depar...