Lake Forest Crime
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Felony charge dismissed against former security guardMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - Prosecutors have dropped a felony charge against a Round Lake Beach man accused of holding a novelty gun to the throat of a sheriff's deputy at the Lake County courthous...
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Suspect in Zion murders sentenced to death in VirginiaMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An ex-Marine on Friday was sentenced to death for the 2009 murder of a Navy sailor at a barracks in northern Virginia. The sentencing of Jorge Torrez, ...
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Rousso guilty of aggravated DUI in death of 5-year-old Highland Park girlMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - A Highland Park teenager who was admittedly high when she ran over and killed a 5-year-old girl in 2012 faces up to 14 years in prison after a guilty verdict Thursday. C...
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Lawyer: Negotiations in Lake Villa-area shooting case not going wellMay 29, 2014 1:00 am - The attorney for a Lake Villa-area man accused of shooting a neighbor in the ribs last September said negotiations with prosecutors on a possible plea deal have not been...
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Plea deal reached in Port Barrington crash that killed a pedestrianMay 28, 2014 1:00 am - Saying “cases like this are some of the most tragic we ever have,” Lake County Judge Daniel Shanes accepted a plea agreement for an Island Lake man accused of being impa...
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Highland Park huffing trial to continue on ThursdayMay 27, 2014 1:00 am - A Highland Park woman accused of “huffing” computer dust cleaner before driving into and killing a 5-year-old girl in 2012 pleaded guilty Tuesday to reckless homicide, b...
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Trial set for Highland Park woman accused in child's deathMay 23, 2014 1:01 am - A Highland Park woman will be tried next week on charges of driving onto a sidewalk and killing a 5-year-old girl after inhaling computer dust cleaner. Carly Rousso ha...
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Evanston woman guilty of selling fatal heroin dose to Vernon Hills teenMay 21, 2014 1:00 am - A Lake County jury has found an Evanston woman guilty of selling the heroin that led to the overdose death of a 15-year-old Vernon Hills High School girl in 2011. Michel...
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Evanston woman on trial in fatal overdose of Vernon Hills girlMay 20, 2014 1:00 am - An Evanston woman who prosecutors said sold $10 of heroin that killed a 15-year-old Vernon Hills High School student in 2011 went on trial Tuesday. However, defense atto...
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Guard accused of sneaking fake gun into courthouseMay 19, 2014 1:01 am - A Round Lake Beach man is being held in Lake County jail on $100,000 bond after authorities said, he sneaked a plastic novelty lighter that resembled a gun past a secur...