Vernon Hills Crime
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Zion man facing heroin possession chargesDec 11, 2019 12:00 am - A Zion man was charged Wednesday with possessing just over 60 grams of heroin after a joint operation by the Lake County sheriff's Special Investigations Group and the Z...
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Man who sold guns to undercover officers sentenced to nine years in prisonDec 03, 2019 12:00 am - A 28-year-old Galesburg man arrested earlier this year in a Lake County sheriff's office operation designed to get illegal guns off the streets was sentenced to nine yea...
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Barrington man who killed wife after coffee pot fight to appealDec 02, 2019 12:00 am - The attorney for Larry Lotz - the 69-year-old Barrington man who was sentenced to 16 years in prison for killing his wife following an argument over a coffee pot - said ...
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Police: Drunken driver hits stopped Round Lake Park cop car, other vehicleNov 21, 2019 12:00 am - A motorist was drunk when he sideswiped a Round Lake Park police car and another vehicle that were stopped on the side of a road in that town, authorities said Thursday....
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Ingleside man charged in car burglariesNov 20, 2019 12:00 am - An Ingleside man was arrested after several auto burglaries in that area, Lake County sheriff's police announced Wednesday. Joseph J. Sempek, 31, of the 26600 block of W...
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Marni Yang retrial petition to be ruled on next monthNov 19, 2019 12:00 am - The question of whether Marni Yang will be allowed to proceed with her petition for a retrial will have to wait another month. Yang, currently serving two life sentences...
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Felon charged with illegal possession of three gunsNov 19, 2019 12:00 am - Acting on a tip from neighbors, Lake County sheriff's officers confiscated three firearms from the home of a felon who lives near Mundelein. George L. Silva, 48, of the ...
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Lake County warns about phone scam impersonating sheriff's officeNov 15, 2019 12:00 am - Authorities are warning about a scam involving con artists calling residents and introducing themselves as a member of the Lake County sheriff's office, according to a n...
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Barrington man who killed wife after coffee pot fight sentenced to 16 yearsNov 06, 2019 12:00 am - A Barrington man was sentenced to 16 years in prison Wednesday for killing his wife following an argument over a coffee pot - a crime the judge described as "a horrible ...
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Sheriff: Lake County man sold deadly combination of heroin, fentanylOct 30, 2019 1:00 am - A Park City man is behind bars in the Lake County jail facing charges that he sold a Lake Villa-area woman a deadly dose of heroin laced with fentanyl. Earl L. Epps, 41,...