Vernon Hills Crime
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Editorial: Weighing freedom, justice issues in DNA caseJun 24, 2014 5:01 am - Lake County State's Attorney Mike Nerheim says he'll immediately act to free Marvin Williford, who is serving an 80-year prison sentence in the 2000 beating death of a N...
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Man accused in North Shore Bike Path attackJun 24, 2014 1:00 am - A Honduran citizen living in Waukegan is being held on $500,000 bail in connection with last week's attack on a female jogger along the North Shore Bike Path near Libert...
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Antioch man charged with having fraudulent ID of man in prisonJun 23, 2014 1:01 am - An Antioch man faces up to three years in prison for telling police he was someone else during a traffic stop last week, authorities said. Larry Terry, 47, of the 800 b...
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Former Chain O' Lakes Fireworks president accused of theft surrenders to policeJun 20, 2014 1:01 am - An Ingleside woman accused of theft from the Chain O' Lakes Fireworks committee has surrendered to police and was released on bail. Noreen Michael, 47, former president...
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Judge refuses to reverse plea deal in fatal Chain O' Lakes crashJun 20, 2014 1:01 am - A judge has denied a motion to erase the plea deal for a Bartlett man serving a 10-year prison sentence for killing a Libertyville boy with a boat in 2012. Kane County ...
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Lindenhurst man jailed on child porn chargesJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - A 55-year-old Lindenhurst man remained jailed Thursday on child pornography charges after a joint investigation by local police and the state attorney general's office. ...
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Former Grant High teacher pleads guilty to sex abuse of studentJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - A former Grant Community High School teacher avoided jail time Thursday by pleading guilty to one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse for having an inappropriate r...
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Man pleads guilty but mentally ill in bizarre Gurnee stabbing attackJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - A Waukegan man pleaded guilty but mentally ill to charges he stabbed and killed one man and wounded another during a bizarre car trip through Gurnee in 2011. Zervont Th...
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Wisconsin man pleads guilty in fatal DUI crash, sentenced to seven years in prisonJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - A Wisconsin man was sentenced to seven years in prison for driving into and killing a pedestrian and injuring another in Waukegan while high on heroin in 2013. Aaron B....
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Additional DNA tests ordered in 2000 North Chicago murder caseJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - DNA testing has been approved for more items recovered at the scene of a grisly 2000 murder in North Chicago to help determine if the man convicted of the killing may be...