Lake Zurich Crime
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Waukegan man guilty in woman's 2010 murderNov 05, 2014 12:01 am - A Lake County jury found a Waukegan man guilty of gunning down a woman while she was standing on a second-story porch in 2010. Jamell Smith, now 21, faces up to life in...
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Grandwood Park man asks to withdraw guilty plea in child sexual assault caseNov 05, 2014 12:01 am - A Grandwood Park man filed a formal request Wednesday to withdraw a previous guilty plea for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl. Defense attorney Jed Stone filed the ...
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Lake Villa Township couple charged with three armed robberies in a weekNov 04, 2014 12:01 am - A Lake Villa Township couple is held in Lake County jail after admitting to armed robberies at two businesses in during a seven-day span, authorities said. Christopher ...
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Former Gurnee baseball treasurer pleads guilty to theftNov 04, 2014 12:00 am - A Grayslake-area man accused of stealing more than $80,000 from Gurnee Youth Baseball has pleaded guilty to theft in Lake County court. Donald Schaefer, 53, of the 1700...
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Lake County jury rules man guilty of kidnapping and sex assault at Beach Park motelOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - A man with ties to Lake County was found guilty of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in a multistate crime spree that started in Georgia and ended in a Beach Pa...
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Arrests of 21 reputed street gang members and associates accused in illegal drug, firearm sales announced in Lake CountyOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - Federal and local investigators have seized 21 reputed street gang members and their associates in what they say is an effort to stem illegal sales of drugs and weapons ...
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Sheriff issues phone scam alertOct 30, 2014 1:01 am - Lake County sheriff's officials are warning about what they say is a new phone scam on the rise. Telephone scammers are stating they are calling from the Lake County She...
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Lake County Sheriff's office denies politics a factor in indictment of former jail guardsOct 30, 2014 1:01 am - The defense attorney for two former Lake County jail guards charged with official misconduct in connection with a 2011 jailhouse scuffle that left a prisoner paralyzed, ...
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Theology student pleads not guilty to soliciting sex from childOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - A theology student from Ohio training at a Serbian Orthodox school near Libertyville pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he solicited sex from someone he believed wa...
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Antioch couple admits to possessing "Molly" and LSDOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - An Antioch couple pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges they possessed the synthetic drug "Molly" and squares of LSD in their home last year. Alexander Story, 25, and his...