Vernon Hills Crime
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Chicago man to serve 65 years in prison for fatal Waukegan shootingSep 12, 2022 1:00 am - A Lake County judge sentenced a Chicago man to serve 65 years in prison for a 2020 shooting in Waukegan that authorities attributed to road rage. Sheldon Brown, 34, plea...
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League of Women Voters hosting forum on reducing gun violenceSep 11, 2022 1:00 am - The League of Women Voters of Lake County is hosting a virtual forum "Reducing the Plague of Gun Violence, Here, There, Everywhere" at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Speakers are Jose...
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Round Lake Beach man accused of locking ex-partner in barn sentenced to periodic imprisonmentSep 09, 2022 1:00 am - A Round Lake Beach man accused of abducting and assaulting an ex-partner before locking her in a barn near Mundelein in March has been sentenced to two years of periodic...
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Authorities identify man shot by Zion officerSep 09, 2022 1:00 am - The Lake County coroner's office has identified the man who was shot by a Zion police officer. George Franklin, 47, of Zion died from multiple gunshot wounds, the corone...
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Authorities: Highland Park man stabbed his parents to deathSep 08, 2022 1:00 am - A 45-year-old Highland Park man fatally stabbed his parents Wednesday in their apartment, officials said Thursday. Barry M. Goldberg has been charged with two counts of ...
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21-year sentence awaits North Chicago man - once he's caughtSep 07, 2022 1:00 am - A Lake County judge Wednesday sentenced a North Chicago man to 21 years in prison on gun charges, though police officers will have to apprehend him before his prison ter...
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Lake Villa massage therapist charged after two women complain of inappropriate touchingSep 06, 2022 1:00 am - A 45-year-old Arlington Heights man working as a massage therapist in Lake Villa has been charged with aggravated battery after two women reported he touched them inappr...
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Gurnee man released from prison after judge vacates life sentence in 1993 murder of his ex-wifeSep 06, 2022 1:00 am - A 58-year-old Gurnee man who spent nearly 29 years behind bars over the 1993 murder of his ex-wife left a downstate prison Tuesday afternoon after a Lake County judge va...
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GOP congressional candidate blames Highland Park mayor for parade shootingSep 01, 2022 1:00 am - In a tweet Wednesday, the Republican candidate for the 10th Congressional District seat called Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering negligent in the deaths of seven people...
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Third Lake man sentenced to 16 years in prison for sexual assaultAug 30, 2022 1:00 am - A Third Lake man found guilty on charges connected to a 2020 sexual assault was sentenced Monday by a Lake County judge to serve 16 years in prison. Andres Leyva, 31, wa...