Round Lake Beach Crime
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Former Schneider staffer sentenced to 9 months, $80,000 restitution for stealing public fundsAug 26, 2022 1:00 am - A former staffer for U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider was sentenced to nine months in prison for stealing nearly $80,000 in public funds. Sterling Carter - whose responsibiliti...
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Round Lake Beach man found guilty in fatal crash that killed two womenAug 12, 2022 1:00 am - A Round Lake Beach man charged in connection with a fatal DUI crash in 2019 in which two women were killed has been found guilty on all counts. Victor Ortiz, 54, was con...
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'Caused a fire': Investigators say Pheasant Run suspect posted online about what boys didJul 29, 2022 5:00 am - We all know teens don't always make good decisions when it comes to their phones and social media, but the juveniles accused of setting the fire that gutted parts of the...
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Round Lake Beach man pleads not guilty to charges he drowned his three childrenJul 14, 2022 1:00 am - A Round Lake Beach man accused of drowning his three children in his home last month pleaded not guilty Thursday morning to nine first-degree murder charges. Jason E. Ka...
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Former Grayslake chamber leader charged with six counts of wire fraudJun 22, 2022 1:00 am - A former executive director of the Grayslake Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry was indicted Wednesday on allegations she misappropriated at least $300,000 from the o...
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Round Lake Beach man charged with drowning his three children ordered held without bailJun 21, 2022 1:00 am - The Round Lake Beach man charged with drowning his three children last week was ordered held in custody Tuesday without bail. Jason E. Karels, 35, could face life in pri...
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'Lean on your neighbors': Round Lake Beach residents gather after murders of three childrenJun 15, 2022 1:00 am - Members of a distraught Round Lake Beach community gathered Wednesday night to support each other after the deaths of three children who authorities say were killed by t...
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'I can't wait to see you tomorrow,' Round Lake Beach mom told children a day before their drowningJun 15, 2022 1:00 am - The last conversation Debra Karels had with her children was over the phone Sunday night. "I said, 'I love you so much. I can't wait to see you tomorrow,'" Debra Karels ...
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'If I can't have them neither can you': Man charged in drownings wrote to wife, prosecutors sayJun 15, 2022 1:00 am - The Round Lake Beach man charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the drownings of his three children left a note to his wife reading, "if I can't have them n...
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Police: Round Lake Beach man drowned three children before leading police on chaseJun 14, 2022 1:00 am - A Round Lake Beach man drowned his three children at his home before fleeing and leading police on a chase that ended in a crash off an Interstate 80 bridge in Joliet, a...