Vernon Hills Crime
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Sheriff issues phone scam alertOct 30, 2014 1:01 am - Lake County sheriff's officials are warning about what they say is a new phone scam on the rise. Telephone scammers are stating they are calling from the Lake County She...
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Lake County Sheriff's office denies politics a factor in indictment of former jail guardsOct 30, 2014 1:01 am - The defense attorney for two former Lake County jail guards charged with official misconduct in connection with a 2011 jailhouse scuffle that left a prisoner paralyzed, ...
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Theology student pleads not guilty to soliciting sex from childOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - A theology student from Ohio training at a Serbian Orthodox school near Libertyville pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he solicited sex from someone he believed wa...
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Antioch couple admits to possessing "Molly" and LSDOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - An Antioch couple pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges they possessed the synthetic drug "Molly" and squares of LSD in their home last year. Alexander Story, 25, and his...
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Former Lake County jail officers indicted over homeless man's deathOct 29, 2014 1:00 am - Two former Lake County corrections officers were indicted Wednesday by a Lake County grand jury for official misconduct, authorities said. The indictment against Rodney ...
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Vernon Hills man charged in child sexual exploitation caseOct 28, 2014 1:01 am - A 24-year-old Vernon Hills man is free on bond on a charge of sexual exploitation of a child involving a case initiated last spring in Missouri, police said. Vernon Hill...
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Opening statements in 2010 fatal shooting of Waukegan womanOct 28, 2014 1:01 am - Amy Williams was "in the wrong place at the wrong time" seconds before a bullet slammed into her chest and sliced open a vein as she stood on a second-story porch in Wau...
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Trial delayed for Glencoe man involved in Lincolnshire crash that killed Wheeling womanOct 27, 2014 1:01 am - The trial for a man accused of driving while intoxicated during a crash in Lincolnshire that killed a Wheeling woman was delayed Monday due to medical issues, authoritie...
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Hearing next week for Waukegan man looking to withdraw plea deal in Gurnee fatal stabbingOct 25, 2014 1:01 am - A hearing is set to decide whether a Waukegan man who pleaded guilty but mentally ill to charges he stabbed and killed a man while in a moving car in Gurnee in August 20...
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Lake Villa Township man sentenced to probation, periodic imprisonment for shooting neighborOct 24, 2014 1:00 am - A Lake County judge sentenced a former Lake Villa Township man to 24 months of probation and six months of periodic imprisonment for shooting his neighbor during a night...