Vernon Hills Crime
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Trial under way for former Waukegan teacher in sexual assault caseFeb 18, 2014 12:01 am - The trial involving a former Waukegan High School teacher charged with having sex with a 17-year-old student kicked off in Lake County court Tuesday. However, a defense ...
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Gurnee woman gets 19 years for 1999 home invasionFeb 18, 2014 12:00 am - A Gurnee woman was sentenced Tuesday to 19 years in prison for breaking into a Park City trailer home and robbing two women at knife point in 1999. Sandra Lopez, 43, wi...
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Lake County to form regional gang task forceFeb 15, 2014 7:00 am - Concerns over Mexican drug cartels' growing connections to suburban heroin and marijuana sales are driving law-enforcement officials to form a Lake County regional gang ...
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Psychological exam planned for Mundelein teenFeb 14, 2014 12:00 am - Attorneys for a 14-year-old Mundelein girl accused in the stabbing death of her 11-year-old half-sister in January said they hope to have a psychologist examine the teen...
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Island Lake man pleads not guilty in fatal crashFeb 13, 2014 12:00 am - An Island Lake man accused of being impaired when he struck and killed an intoxicated pedestrian in September in unincorporated Lake County pleaded not guilty in court T...
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Lake County counselor charged with sex abuse of teen clientFeb 12, 2014 12:01 am - A 51-year-old Waukegan man employed as a program director at a Lake County youth home faces charges of criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse alleg...
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11 men arrested in prostitution stingFeb 10, 2014 12:00 am - Editor's note: The charges against Bryan Macey have been expunged. Eleven men face charges following an undercover police prostitution operation in Waukegan, police anno...
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Mundelein man guilty of murderFeb 07, 2014 1:02 pm - A 19-year-old Mundelein gang member was found guilty late Friday of killing a Zion teen because of the way he wore his hat. Jose Garcia now faces up to life in prison a...
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Attorney wants probation in fatal crashFeb 06, 2014 3:00 pm - The defense attorney for an Antioch-area teen who was charged in an illegal street race that left one person dead said his client should be sentenced to probation, not p...
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Tests requested by Antioch-area man charged in girlfriend's deathFeb 06, 2014 8:00 am - Defense attorneys for an Antioch Township man accused of killing his longtime girlfriend have asked for more forensic tests to determine the victim's official cause of d...