Island Lake Crime
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Pathologist: Stolberg prevented wife from breathingMay 22, 2013 12:31 pm - A forensic pathologist testified Wednesday that Rachel Stolberg died from traumatic asphyxiation when she was prevented from breathing during a struggle with her husband...
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Theft charges dropped against ex-Barrington High administratorMay 22, 2013 11:00 am - Theft charges were dropped Wednesday against a former Barrington High School administrator accused of stealing funds from the school's fine arts department. But Julie Ra...
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Trial opens in 2006 slaying at former Lindenhurst Burger KingMay 21, 2013 4:28 pm - James Ealy went to his former workplace — a Lindenhurst Burger King — early one morning in November 2006 and strangled his former manager with the bow tie from her unifo...
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Stolberg was trying to protect wife from herself, defense attorney tells juryMay 21, 2013 11:00 am - Ronald Stolberg intentionally asphyxiated his wife in their Vernon Hills home in 2011 because she was bothering him while he was trying to sleep, a Lake County prosecuto...
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Defense attorney: Accuser recanted in trafficking caseMay 20, 2013 7:01 pm - A downstate woman who told police she was the victim of human trafficking has recanted her statements against two Chicago men charged in the case, a defense attorney sai...
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Wrongful-death lawsuit filed against Vernon Hills man days before his criminal trial is to beginMay 17, 2013 8:22 pm - The family of a Vernon Hills woman who authorities say was killed by her husband in 2011 has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against him days before the start of his crim...
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Appeal planned for Baker in Vernon Hills murderMay 17, 2013 10:36 am - Daniel Baker’s defense attorney said he will file an appeal after a Lake County judge refused to reconsider Baker’s prison sentence in the brutal 2010 murder of a Vernon...
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Richmond pleads not guilty to harassing a witness chargesMay 16, 2013 12:00 pm - A former standout high school basketball star from Lake County is back in jail after threatening his female probation officer who was scheduled to testify against him, a...
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Woodland Dist. 50 bus driver accused of molesting teenMay 15, 2013 10:00 am - A Woodland Elementary District 50 bus driver has been charged with molesting a teenage girl who isn't a student at Gurnee-based school system, authorities said. Kristin ...
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Vernon Hills man charged with hiring hitman to kill friend’s motherMay 14, 2013 6:59 pm - Police say Vernon Hills man tried to solicit a murder