Island Lake Crime
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Bad legal advice gives Waukegan man shorter prison termDec 18, 2012 10:00 am - Lake County prosectors say a Waukegan man who was incarcerated for murder nearly a decade ago received bad legal advice from his now-deceased attorney, and they have agr...
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Trial begins for driver accused of murderDec 17, 2012 11:04 am - Lake County prosecutors said in court Monday that a Lisle man should be found guilty of first-degree murder because he drove through a stoplight after a robbery and kill...
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DNA test ordered in 1996 Highland Park slayingDec 14, 2012 11:09 am - The convicted killer of a retired Highland Park professor is hoping DNA evidence found under the victim’s fingernails will clear him of the 1996 murder. Following the r...
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Boy’s family files suit in Petite Lake boat crashDec 13, 2012 9:52 am - The family of a 10-year-old Libertyville boy killed in a boating mishap on the Chain O’ Lakes this summer has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against a Bartlett man and w...
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Judge approves bond change for Wauconda firefighterDec 12, 2012 11:00 am - Bond for a Wauconda firefighter accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with someone under the age of 13 was changed Wednesday to allow him to have supervised con...
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2 men wanted for trying to use fake check to buy $30,000 worth of gasDec 11, 2012 11:00 am - Lake County Sheriff’s officials are searching for two Wisconsin men accused of using a fraudulent cashier’s check to try to buy $30,000 worth of gas, authorities said Tu...
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Judge refuses to reduce bond for Ingleside man, motherDec 11, 2012 9:00 am - A Lake County judge denied a request to reduce bond for an Ingleside man and his mother who face drug induced homicide charges. Judge Raymond Collins ruled Tuesday that ...
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Wildwood woman pleads guilty in fatal Waukegan accidentDec 10, 2012 10:55 am - A Wildwood woman will spend 30 months in periodic imprisonment after pleading guilty to aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol in Lake County court. Kristin ...
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Missing Griffin a year after car crash, family focuses on lifeDec 08, 2012 10:00 pm - Photographs of Griffin and Nicholas Shirey line the walls of their home in Island Lake. There are the twin boys as babies. There they are dressed as matching cowboys for...
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Home invasion charges against Mundelein man droppedDec 07, 2012 12:00 pm - Charges filed in October against a Mundelein man in a Grayslake home invasion case have been dropped, Lake County authorities said Friday. John Baruffi, 25, of the 0 to ...