Lake Forest Crime
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Why Melissa Calusinski's next stop may be federal courtApr 05, 2019 5:20 am - Melissa Calusinski, the former suburban child-care worker whose fight for a new trial on charges she killed a toddler a decade ago has earned national attention, is aski...
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Warrant issued for Waukegan man charged in Gurnee shootingApr 04, 2019 1:00 am - Police are searching for a 25-year-old Waukegan man accused of shooting a person in a parking lot in Gurnee in January, authorities said. An arrest warrant was issued M...
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Authorities: Waukegan man sold heroin near schoolApr 04, 2019 1:00 am - A Waukegan man was charged after selling heroin to an undercover police detective twice within 500 feet of a school, authorities said. Kevaughn D. Bridges-Butler, 19, o...
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Ingleside man pleads not guilty to sex assault of childApr 04, 2019 1:00 am - An Ingleside man pleaded not guilty in Lake County court Thursday afternoon to multiple counts of sexually assaulting a child. Barry A. Deacon, 34, of the 35600 block o...
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Trooper killed by wrong-way driver on I-94 saved a person's life about a week beforeApr 01, 2019 1:00 am - A 44-year-old Calumet City man had alcohol in his system as he drove in the wrong direction on Interstate 94 and slammed into Gerald "Jerry" Ellis' Illinois State Police...
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Lake County man faces felony drug, gun chargesMar 31, 2019 1:00 am - A Lake County man faces felony drug and gun charges after authorities say they found "significant amounts" of heroin and cocaine at his home Friday. Robert Windom III, 3...
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Lake County jail inmate choked in jail fight diesMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - A Lake County jail inmate who suffered strokelike symptoms after being choked by another inmate has died, authorities said. Jeffrey R. Weiss, 60, of the 300 block of So...
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Why woman convicted of killing ex-Chicago Bear's girlfriend, unborn child is seeking a new trialMar 25, 2019 1:00 am - Marni Yang was convicted in 2011 of killing the pregnant girlfriend of former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle, but her lawyer intends to file a petition for a retrial. Defense...
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Judge denies request to preserve phone of Sauer accuserMar 21, 2019 1:00 am - A Lake County judge denied a request to preserve the phone of a woman who accused a former state lawmaker of posting nude images of her on the internet without her conse...
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Sailor accused of soliciting explicit photos, videos from teenMar 21, 2019 1:00 am - Editor's note: an earlier version reported Ethan Knez is from Naperville. He is from Indiana. A 21-year-old sailor stationed at the Naval Station Great Lakes has be...