Vernon Hills Crime
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Attorney: 'Expert marksman' wasn't trying to shoot his wife because he missedJun 09, 2017 5:30 am - Despite firing as many as five gunshots toward his wife, a St. Charles man charged with attempted murder wants jurors to know he obviously wasn't trying to kill her. Huh...
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First-time, nonviolent offenders in Lake County could get second chanceJun 08, 2017 5:24 am - The Lake County state's attorney's office is introducing a new program designed to help first-time offenders in misdemeanor cases avoid having their permanent record mar...
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Prosecutors ask judge to reverse key Gliniewicz decisionJun 08, 2017 1:00 am - Prosecutors are asking a judge to reconsider an earlier ruling that barred text and email messages between disgraced Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz and hi...
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Perjury trial of former Lake County coroner delayed till OctoberMay 31, 2017 1:00 am - Prosecutors say former Lake County Coroner Dr. Thomas Rudd turned in more than 15 nominating petitions he knew contained false information ahead of his unsuccessful re-e...
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Man on probation for 2015 Spring Grove attack arrestedMay 26, 2017 1:00 am - A man on probation for beating a woman for two days is back in jail after he was picked up by officers on an arrest warrant. Dvino Thomas, 31, was taken into custody by...
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Lake County deputies save two overdose victims in 10 hoursMay 25, 2017 1:00 am - Lake County Sheriff's deputies saved two drug overdose victims during a 10-hour period Wednesday, authorities say. The first occurred at about 1:30 p.m. in the 0-100 blo...
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Waukegan man testifies he was "terrified" before fatally stabbing cousinMay 24, 2017 1:00 am - A Waukegan man on trial this week for murder testified Wednesday he feared for his life seconds before stabbing two of his cousins with a 5-inch serrated steak knife in ...
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Schaumburg mother ordered back to prison for disabled daughter's deathMay 19, 2017 5:00 am - Bonnie Liltz, the Schaumburg mother convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the 2015 death of her severely disabled daughter, soon could be headed back to prison to ser...
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Lake County Sheriff's Office rolls out body camera programMay 19, 2017 1:00 am - The Lake County Sheriff's Office is close to equipping all of its 230 officers with body-worn cameras, officials said Friday. About 95 percent of the officers working w...
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FBI arrests Beach Park man in cocaine bustMay 19, 2017 1:00 am - A 42-year-old Beach Park man faces federal drug charges after FBI agents arrested him this week. Allen Lymon was under surveillance for several weeks leading up to his a...