Gages Lake Crime
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Psychiatrist says Baker was insane at time of murderOct 22, 2012 8:42 am - When Marina Aksman psychologically “attacked” Daniel Baker by calling him bipolar and threatening to end his relationship with her daughter, the result, according to psy...
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Nicasa Teen Court grantOct 19, 2012 6:08 pm - Nicasa’s Teen Court program was one of only 10 in the country to receive a grant from the Federal Center for Substance Abuse and Treatment, officials announced. The gran...
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Prosecutors play confession in Baker’s murder trialOct 19, 2012 8:52 am - Daniel Baker repeatedly told Lake County detectives he couldn’t remember what happened in the early morning hours of April 1, 2010. Then, about four hours into questioni...
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Zion man charged after Gurnee standoffOct 19, 2012 8:29 am - A Zion man broke into a Gurnee home early Friday morning and opened fire on the three people inside, then held police at bay for several hours before surrendering, autho...
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Witness: Baker's DNA found on handle of murder weaponOct 18, 2012 6:15 pm - A forensic scientist said Thursday that Daniel Baker's DNA was found on the handle of the baseball bat prosecutors say he used to bludgeon Marina Aksman to death in Apri...
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Guilty plea in Lake Zurich car wash crashOct 18, 2012 5:00 pm - A downstate man will go to prison for admitting he was under the influence of marijuana when he caused a crash that killed a woman as she was about to enter her vehicle ...
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Highland Park teen pleads not guilty in fatal crashOct 18, 2012 12:00 pm - An 18-year-old woman accused of sniffing cleaning products before driving into a family walking on a sidewalk in Highland Park pleaded not guilty in Lake County court Th...
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Libertyville man arrested on gun chargesOct 17, 2012 4:19 pm - A Libertyville man who was arrested after being spotted in a bar with a loaded handgun was, at the time, out of jail on bond for aggravated driving under the influence o...
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Baker changes course, claims innocence in Vernon Hills murderOct 17, 2012 2:00 pm - Just when noted Chicago attorney Ed Genson thought he had seen it all from his client, Daniel Baker — whose insanity defense he had laid out 24 hours earlier — dropped a...
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DUI charges dropped against Chicago man involved in Long Grove fatal motorcycle crashOct 17, 2012 11:31 am - Charges of driving under the influence of alcohol were dropped against a Chicago man who was behind the wheel of an SUV when it struck and killed a motorcyclist in Long ...