Vernon Hills Crime
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Mark Ditka pleads guilty to drug, alcohol chargesJan 30, 2013 8:00 am - The son of football Hall-of-Famer Mike Ditka pleaded guilty to drug and alcohol charges Lake County court Wednesday. Mark Ditka, 50, of Deerfield, will spend 24 months ...
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Battle lines drawn in sledgehammer attack trialJan 29, 2013 12:00 pm - Sandra Rogers finally had her day in court Tuesday, nearly 10 years after she was arrested in the sledgehammer attack on her ex-husband and his new wife in their Lincoln...
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New trial starts for woman convicted in hammer attackJan 28, 2013 3:45 am - After spending most of the last 10 years behind bars on charges she attacked her ex-husband and his new wife with a sledgehammer in their Lincolnshire home, Sandra Roger...
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Trial for Ingleside woman, son in fatal drug case pushed to MarchJan 24, 2013 9:37 am - The trial date for two Ingleside family members accused of supplying drugs that killed a friend has been pushed back to March. Brian Stedronsky, 33, and his mother, Car...
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Woman's attorney says daughter behind attempted murderJan 23, 2013 9:00 am - Defense attorneys working to free a Mundelein woman who pleaded guilty to trying to kill her ex-husband hope to use in court an unauthorized telephone recording of the w...
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Judge: Waukegan man must hire attorneyJan 22, 2013 11:36 am - A Waukegan man facing 60 years in prison for murder was given one more week to hire an attorney or proceed with one appointed for him by the courts. Zervont Thomas, 20, ...
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Wisconsin man pleads guilty in crash that killed Island Lake boyJan 22, 2013 10:45 am - A Wisconsin man accused of killing a 10-year-old boy in a horrible crash near Lake Zurich in 2011 pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lake County Court to one count of reckless ho...
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Batavia police seek serial flasherJan 18, 2013 3:45 pm - Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a former Elgin man and Aurora resident who is accused of exposing himself to customers at a store along Randall Road in Bat...
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Skimming device found on ATM in Vernon HillsJan 17, 2013 5:47 pm - Vernon Hills police have identified a skimming device at the US Bank located at 175 N. Milwaukee Ave. At 7:13 p.m. Wednesday, police said, the device was discovered by a...
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Daughter's poems can be used in Sandra Rogers' trial, judge rulesJan 17, 2013 3:00 pm - A teenage girl's writings that she wanted her father dead can be used in court to prove her mother was not involved in the attack on the man nearly a decade ago. Lake Co...