Vernon Hills Crime
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Shot fired at vehicle in Vernon HillsFeb 25, 2022 12:00 am - Vernon Hills police are investigating a report of a shot being fired at a vehicle after a traffic dispute Thursday afternoon. Police said the driver of a light-colored ...
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Lake County state's attorney 'very concerned' about teen's wrongful arrestFeb 22, 2022 12:00 am - Wrongly labeled a would-be murderer, 15-year-old Martell Williams spent two nights last week in the lockup at the Waukegan Police Department. He was wrongly accused of s...
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Sheriff: Barrington school bus driver was driving students while intoxicated, causing crashFeb 20, 2022 12:00 am - A Barrington Area Unit District 220 school bus driver faces a felony driving under the influence charge alleging he was drunk Thursday when his bus crashed with an SUV n...
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Legislation would create system to keep Lake County crime victims informed of court eventsFeb 18, 2022 4:22 am - A plan to send automatic text messages about upcoming court events to witnesses and victims of crime in Lake County was introduced in the Illinois Legislature this week....
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Lake County launches task force to combat human traffickingFeb 09, 2022 12:00 am - Lake County law enforcement officials and community leaders announced a new task force Wednesday that aims to free those being forced into labor or commercial sex work a...
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Attempted murder charge dropped, but Ingleside woman indicted on other countsJan 31, 2022 12:00 am - Officials dropped an attempted murder charge initially levied against an Ingleside woman accused of stabbing a 32-year-old Round Lake Beach man during a fight in Decembe...
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Schaumburg man accused of plunging car into Fox River misses court hearingJan 31, 2022 12:00 am - A $40,000 warrant was issued for the arrest of a Schaumburg man who did not appear in court on Monday, where he was set to enter into a plea on charges related to drivin...
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Round Lake-area driver charged in crash that killed Grayslake manJan 26, 2022 12:00 am - A Round Lake-area man has been charged in a June 19 Wauconda Township crash that killed a Grayslake man. Shortly before midnight, Matthew C. Evers, 34, exited a ride-sha...
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Volo business employee who reported theft charged with committing itJan 25, 2022 12:00 am - An employee at a Volo business who told police and his boss last week that he discovered money was missing from a safe was caught on camera stealing the money, Lake Coun...
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Sheriff: Driver who crashed car near Mundelein offered to pay witnesses not to call 911Jan 25, 2022 12:00 am - Lake County sheriff's police said a man who crashed into a parked car last Monday tried to pay bystanders not to report the crash and, when that failed, grabbed the witn...