Diamond Lake Crime
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Mundelein murder victim, 11, recalled as bubbly girlJan 23, 2014 6:03 pm - Coaches and family friends are remembering 11-year-old Dora Betancourt as a kind, bubbly girl who loved cheerleading and sports. They’re also struggling to comprehend th...
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Mundelein mom leads fundraising effort for family of murdered 11-year-old girlJan 23, 2014 11:15 am - She doesn’t know them, but Mundelein resident Katie Henning felt compelled to help the family of an 11-year-old girl who authorities say was stabbed to death by her olde...
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Libertyville man facing federal mortgage fraud chargesJan 22, 2014 10:34 am - A 73-year-old Libertyville man is facing federal mortgage fraud charges stemming from a scheme that prosecutors say netted him nearly $3.2 million over roughly two years...
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Mundelein teen charged with murdering half-sisterJan 22, 2014 5:00 am - Authorities: Mundelein girl stabbed, slashed more than 30 times by half-sister
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Autopsy planned for girl found dead in Mundelein homeJan 21, 2014 5:24 pm - Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd said an autopsy will be performed today on a young girl who was found dead in her Mundelein bedroom on Tuesday morning. Police have said ...
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Zion man in 2012 Gurnee standoff pleads guilty to home invasionJan 21, 2014 8:43 am - A Zion man who entered a Gurnee home and shot at three people inside in 2012, pleaded guilty to single counts of home invasion and aggravated cruelty to an animal in Lak...
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Lake County sheriffs nab woman on the runJan 17, 2014 4:00 pm - Lake County sheriff's police say a woman who's been on the run has been nabbed in a drug case that has ties to Chicago and central Illinois. Officials announced Friday t...
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Long Grove man pleads not guilty to new charges in fatal DUI crashJan 16, 2014 12:53 pm - A Long Grove man accused of being intoxicated during a September crash that killed a woman pleaded not guilty in Lake County court Thursday to three new counts of reckle...
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Suspect in Round Lake Beach murder rejects plea dealJan 16, 2014 12:09 pm - A Round Lake Park man rejected a plea deal Thursday that would have sent him to prison for about five years for his involvement in the murder of a Zion teen last March. ...
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Antioch double murder trial delayed, DNA request grantedJan 16, 2014 9:56 am - The trial for a 54-year-old Antioch man accused of brutally killing his wife and mother in October at the apartment the three shared has been delayed until May 27. Howev...