Vernon Hills Crime
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Inmate charged with trying to hire hitman from Lake County jailFeb 20, 2019 12:00 am - A 45-year-old Chicago man incarcerated in the Lake County jail has been accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill a witness. Ade Tramble, of the 6300 block of North He...
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Lake Forest High assistant athletic director charged with theftFeb 14, 2019 12:00 am - A Lake Forest High School assistant athletic director faces a theft charge alleging he stole nearly $2,300 from a fund for school intramurals, authorities said. Christo...
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Grant Township man pleads not guilty to strangling his wifeFeb 14, 2019 12:00 am - A Round Lake-area man accused of strangling his wife during an argument pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges in Lake County court Thursday. James Ruman, 52...
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Accuser's phone data given to Sauer attorneysFeb 13, 2019 12:00 am - Lake County prosecutors have turned over computer discs containing data pulled from the phone of one of two women accusing former state lawmaker Nick Sauer of posting th...
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Attorney: Woman involved in Sauer case won't allow phone to be testedFeb 11, 2019 12:00 am - An attorney for a disgraced former state legislator accused of posting nude images of two women online without their consent claims one of the women is against allowing ...
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Two men shot inside Ingleside home by masked invadersFeb 09, 2019 12:00 am - Two men were shot inside an Ingleside residence early Saturday by two armed men wearing masks who entered and demanded money, the Lake County sheriff's office said in a ...
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Lake County police dog wins national honorFeb 09, 2019 12:00 am - Dax, one of the Lake County sheriff's office police dogs, won out from among more than 100 other dogs to be named in an online poll K9s of Valor Foundation's "K9 of the ...
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Series on 'Smiley Face Killers' shines light on Elgin man's mysterious deathFeb 08, 2019 4:25 am - The Smiley Face Killers - a much-discussed, -debated and (some say) -debunked theory about a band of serial murderers targeting young men near waterways across America -...
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Sauer pleads not guilty to charges he posted women's photos online without consentFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - Former state Rep. Nick Sauer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a dozen criminal charges alleging he posted nude images of two women online without their consent. Sauer, 36...
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More than 50 arrested on solicitation charges after sting in Cook, Lake countiesFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - More than 50 Chicago-area residents are facing solicitation charges stemming from a nationwide sex buyer sting that netted nearly 400 arrests in 14 states, police announ...