Tower Lakes Crime
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Attorney wants jury bused to crime sceneApr 07, 2014 1:01 am - The defense attorney for a Round Lake Park man charged in the murder of a Zion teen made a formal request to allow jurors to visit the crime scene to give them a better ...
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Hidden no more: Heroin in suburbsApr 06, 2014 6:01 am - What the Daily Herald addressed more than a decade ago as a "Hidden Scourge" is hidden no more. In the years since our first series of extensive reports on the effects o...
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Defense scores court victory in Round Lake Beach shootingApr 04, 2014 1:01 am - A Round Lake Park man charged in the murder of a Zion teen in a parking lot shooting scored a victory in court Thursday. Lake County Judge Daniel Shanes ruled the defen...
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Waukegan man sentenced to 59 years in prison for 2011 murderApr 03, 2014 1:01 am - A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 59 years in prison for helping to torture and murder a Waukegan man in 2011, then helping to dump his body in the Penny Road Pond in u...
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Buffalo Grove man pleads not guilty in kidnapping caseApr 03, 2014 1:01 am - A Buffalo Grove man has pleaded not guilty to charges he kidnapped his estranged girlfriend in Highland Park and drove her against her will to Racine, Wis. Samuel B. Ja...
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Police: Child porn suspect in Lake Villa Township nabbedMar 28, 2014 1:01 am - Authorities say a Lake Villa-area man has been charged with child pornography possession. Jason C. Boettcher, 26, of the 39200 block of North Spruce Street in unincorpor...
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Operation thins deadbeat warrants:Mar 25, 2014 1:01 am - A two-week operation recently resulted in the elimination of 21 deadbeat parent warrants, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office. The operation began with 50 dead...
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Waukegan man sentenced to 47 years for killing cabdriver in 2010Mar 25, 2014 1:01 am - Tuesday's sentencing for a Waukegan man charged with the 2010 murder of Park City cabdriver Patrick Foster began with a gut-wrenching audio recording of Foster's 911 ce...
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Police: Man threw firework at deputies 'because he was scared'Mar 22, 2014 1:00 am - Employees and customers were evacuated from a combined BP gas station and McDonald's restaurant in Wadsworth for about 2½ hours about dinner time Friday while a tactical...
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Grayslake man facing federal armed robbery chargesMar 21, 2014 1:01 am - A Grayslake man is facing federal armed robbery charges stemming from a string of holdups at retail stores across Lake County and northern Cook County last summer. Lero...