North Barrington Crime
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Elgin Mental Health prisoner can stand trial on escape chargesNov 07, 2014 12:01 am - Jesse Vega, the Elgin Mental Health Center prisoner charged with escaping from custody of state guards in June, was deemed fit Friday to stand trial on that charge. Kane...
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Officials: Police had no reason to frisk man shot in hospitalNov 06, 2014 12:00 am - Illinois State Police officials said they had no reason to run a criminal-background check or frisk a Waukegan man hours before he was shot and killed by police when he ...
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Judge denies prison time credit for driver in fatal "huffing" crashNov 05, 2014 12:01 am - A 20-year-old Highland Park woman sentenced to prison for killing a 5-year-old girl while driving and "huffing" computer dust cleaner was denied credit for the time she ...
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McPherson trial begins:Nov 05, 2014 12:01 am - The trial of a man accused of killing a teen in North Chicago hours after her younger sister attended a gun control speech by President Barack Obama kicked off with open...
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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 ...