Wadsworth Crime
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Vernon Hills man facing murder charge deemed fit for trialOct 24, 2012 2:00 pm - A Vernon Hills man charged with suffocating his wife was deemed mentally fit to stand trial for her murder, a Lake County judge ruled Wednesday. However, Ronald Stolberg...
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Defense wants new prosecutors in boating death caseOct 24, 2012 1:00 pm - Attorneys for a man accused of being intoxicated when he struck and killed a 10-year-old Libertyville boy on the Chain O' Lakes has asked that Lake County prosecutors be...
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Baker doesn’t testify, doctor says he was sane during murderOct 24, 2012 11:00 am - Despite repeatedly expressing his desire to give his version of what happened the night Marina Aksman was bludgeoned to death on April 1, 2010, Daniel Baker ultimately f...
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Psychiatrist says Baker was insane at time of murderOct 22, 2012 8:42 am - When Marina Aksman psychologically “attacked” Daniel Baker by calling him bipolar and threatening to end his relationship with her daughter, the result, according to psy...
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Nicasa Teen Court grantOct 19, 2012 6:08 pm - Nicasa’s Teen Court program was one of only 10 in the country to receive a grant from the Federal Center for Substance Abuse and Treatment, officials announced. The gran...
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Prosecutors play confession in Baker’s murder trialOct 19, 2012 8:52 am - Daniel Baker repeatedly told Lake County detectives he couldn’t remember what happened in the early morning hours of April 1, 2010. Then, about four hours into questioni...
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Zion man charged after Gurnee standoffOct 19, 2012 8:29 am - A Zion man broke into a Gurnee home early Friday morning and opened fire on the three people inside, then held police at bay for several hours before surrendering, autho...
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Witness: Baker's DNA found on handle of murder weaponOct 18, 2012 6:15 pm - A forensic scientist said Thursday that Daniel Baker's DNA was found on the handle of the baseball bat prosecutors say he used to bludgeon Marina Aksman to death in Apri...
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Guilty plea in Lake Zurich car wash crashOct 18, 2012 5:00 pm - A downstate man will go to prison for admitting he was under the influence of marijuana when he caused a crash that killed a woman as she was about to enter her vehicle ...
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Highland Park teen pleads not guilty in fatal crashOct 18, 2012 12:00 pm - An 18-year-old woman accused of sniffing cleaning products before driving into a family walking on a sidewalk in Highland Park pleaded not guilty in Lake County court Th...