Wadsworth Crime
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How fentanyl test strips help drug users 'be safe and survive'Aug 31, 2018 5:33 am - With a goal of stopping the recent rise in drug overdose deaths, advocates and health agencies are willing to try anything - even safety strategies targeting people who ...
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Wisconsin man pleads guilty to threatening a Lake County public officialAug 30, 2018 1:00 am - A Wisconsin man accused of writing a letter perceived as threatening to officials with the Lake County circuit court clerk's office pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of...
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Man accused of escaping Lake County squad car pleads not guiltyAug 30, 2018 1:00 am - A Romeoville man who authorities say wriggled out of handcuffs and through a small Plexiglass window to escape Lake County sheriff's deputies pleaded not guilty to an es...
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Who broke into the Dairy Dream? Libertyville business seeks helpAug 29, 2018 1:00 am - Was it an inside job? A customer who had been casing the joint? Or someone with an issue who needed money? Whatever the answer, a small-town sense of security has been b...
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Police: Waukegan woman was drunk when causing crash that killed 2Aug 28, 2018 1:00 am - A 39-year-old woman is facing charges alleging she was driving drunk when involved in a crash Sunday night that killed a married couple from Waukegan, authorities said. ...
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Mundelein woman accused of voting twice in 2016 election grabs plea dealAug 27, 2018 1:00 am - The fourth of five Lake County residents accused of voter fraud worked out a plea deal in court Monday morning. Janet Pokryfke, 69, of Mundelein, was found gui...
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Pair plead not guilty to Lake Villa man's slayingAug 23, 2018 1:00 am - Two men accused killing a 58-year-old Lake Villa man during a robbery last month pleaded not guilty Wednesday to first-degree murder charges in Lake County court. Jorda...
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Man charged with sending threatening letter pleads not guilty in Lake County courtAug 22, 2018 1:00 am - A Milwaukee man charged with sending a threatening letter to a Lake County government office referencing a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, pleaded not guilty Wedne...
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Waukegan man who locked up 'possessed' daughter deemed unfit to stand trialAug 20, 2018 1:00 am - A Waukegan man accused of locking his 10-year-old daughter in a basement because he claimed she was demonically possessed was deemed mentally unfit to stand trial or und...
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Are you in good enough shape to be an FBI agent? We took the test.Aug 17, 2018 5:30 am - Like most everyone we've known on the cops beat, we sometimes find ourselves wondering what it's like on the other side of the badge and whether we have what it takes to...