Vernon Hills Crime
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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,...
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How prescription drug takeback events are combating the opioid crisisOct 25, 2019 5:00 am - When the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration first teamed with local police departments across the country for National Drug Take Back Day in 2010, the effort was seen ...
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Former employee accused of injuring special needs students at Lake County schoolOct 25, 2019 1:00 am - A former paraprofessional who worked with special needs students at Gages Lake School is accused of using excessive force on them, authorities said. Nicholas Izquierdo, ...
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Wisconsin man charged with killing brother in Park CityOct 24, 2019 1:00 am - The brother of a 22-year-old man found with fatal gunshot injuries Sunday night on a street in Park City has been charged with his murder. Jeffrey Quigley, 31, of Kenosh...
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Police: Woman stabbed mother walking with child in Lake County forest preserveOct 22, 2019 1:00 am - Lake County Forest Preserve police officials said they have a woman in custody in connection with a Monday afternoon stabbing on a trail in Grant Woods Forest Preserve n...
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Revenge porn isn't protected free speech, Illinois Supreme Court rulesOct 19, 2019 1:00 am - In a decision with implications for the case of a disgraced former state lawmaker from the suburbs and others like him, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that dissemi...