Tower Lakes Crime
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Lake County prosecutors go after ex-Marine on death rowJun 03, 2014 1:01 am - Prosecutors in Lake County are determined to bring a former Marine back to his home state to stand trial in the slayings of two young girls in Zion even though he's alre...
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Underage tobacco sales cited:Jun 02, 2014 1:01 am - Four clerks at different businesses were issued state citations for selling tobacco products to a minor under 18, the Lake County Sheriff's Office announced Monday. Auth...
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Defense attorney says 'extraordinary circumstances' exist to sentence Rousso to probationJun 02, 2014 1:00 am - The defense attorney for a 19-year-old Highland Park woman found guilty last week of being high when she ran over and killed a 5-year-old girl said he believes “extraord...
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Felony charge dismissed against former security guardMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - Prosecutors have dropped a felony charge against a Round Lake Beach man accused of holding a novelty gun to the throat of a sheriff's deputy at the Lake County courthous...
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Suspect in Zion murders sentenced to death in VirginiaMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An ex-Marine on Friday was sentenced to death for the 2009 murder of a Navy sailor at a barracks in northern Virginia. The sentencing of Jorge Torrez, ...
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Rousso guilty of aggravated DUI in death of 5-year-old Highland Park girlMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - A Highland Park teenager who was admittedly high when she ran over and killed a 5-year-old girl in 2012 faces up to 14 years in prison after a guilty verdict Thursday. C...
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Lawyer: Negotiations in Lake Villa-area shooting case not going wellMay 29, 2014 1:00 am - The attorney for a Lake Villa-area man accused of shooting a neighbor in the ribs last September said negotiations with prosecutors on a possible plea deal have not been...
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Plea deal reached in Port Barrington crash that killed a pedestrianMay 28, 2014 1:00 am - Saying “cases like this are some of the most tragic we ever have,” Lake County Judge Daniel Shanes accepted a plea agreement for an Island Lake man accused of being impa...
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Highland Park huffing trial to continue on ThursdayMay 27, 2014 1:00 am - A Highland Park woman accused of “huffing” computer dust cleaner before driving into and killing a 5-year-old girl in 2012 pleaded guilty Tuesday to reckless homicide, b...
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Trial set for Highland Park woman accused in child's deathMay 23, 2014 1:01 am - A Highland Park woman will be tried next week on charges of driving onto a sidewalk and killing a 5-year-old girl after inhaling computer dust cleaner. Carly Rousso ha...