Third Lake Crime
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Suspect guilty in 1994 Waukegan appliance store murderApr 25, 2014 1:01 am - It took under three hours for a Lake County jury to find a Chicago man guilty of killing a 71-year-old Libertyville man while he closed up his business on a cold Decembe...
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Sentencing delayed for man who hacked Lake County jail radiosApr 24, 2014 1:01 am - Sentencing for a Waukegan man who pleaded guilty to broadcasting racial slurs over the portable radio system used by corrections officers at the Lake County jail has bee...
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Zion murder suspect sentenced to death in VirginiaApr 24, 2014 1:01 am - ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An ex-Marine suspected of killing two Zion girls was sentenced to death Thursday for murdering a fellow service member in 2009, after a federal jury co...
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Prosecution rests in 1994 Lake County murder trialApr 24, 2014 1:01 am - Lake County prosecutors concluded their case Thursday against a man accused murdering a 71-year-old Waukegan business owner in 1994. However, just before the state rest...
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Police recount evidence gathered in 1994 Waukegan murder caseApr 23, 2014 1:01 am - Lake County prosecutors focused on blood stains, DNA and a flat tire during the second day of testimony in the trial of a Chicago man accused of killing a Waukegan busin...
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Lake County judge: No need to reoffer rejected plea deal in murder caseApr 23, 2014 1:00 am - A Lake County judge ruled Wednesday that prosecutors don't have to reoffer the plea deal that was rejected months earlier by a Round Lake Park man charged in the murder ...
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Testimony begins in second trial of 1994 murder of Waukegan appliance store ownerApr 22, 2014 1:01 am - A Lake County prosecutor told a jury Tuesday that Fred Reckling was closing his Waukegan appliance store for the night when Hezekieh Whitfield wrapped a gun in a cloth a...
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Judge rejects sex abuse plea deal for 75-year-old manApr 22, 2014 1:01 am - A judge rejected a plea deal with a sentence that included 30 days in jail for a 75-year-old Lake Villa man accused of sexually abusing a child. Lake County Judge George...
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Former Lake Forest High School theater adviser pleads guilty to sex abuse chargesApr 22, 2014 1:01 am - A former Lake Forest High School employee pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse for having inappropriate sexual contact with two female studen...
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Man gets 42 months in beating death of dogApr 22, 2014 1:01 am - After apologizing to a Lake Villa woman for beating her dog to death with his hands, a Wisconsin man pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of animal torture and will spend...