Wadsworth Crime
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Cellphone distributor gets 2 years in prison for tax evasionJul 06, 2018 1:00 am - A 53-year-old Highland Park man who pleaded guilty to tax evasion this year was sentenced to two years in prison Friday. Jordan Eckerling once operated a cellular phone ...
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Why gangs are changing, and what it means for the suburbsJun 22, 2018 5:30 am - A lot has changed since the Chicago Crime Commission published in 2012 its last "Gang Book," the crime-fighting organization's detailed account of the activities and ope...
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Man pleads not guilty to weapons charges in Lake County police confrontationsJun 21, 2018 1:00 am - An Antioch Township man who authorities say was involved in multiple confrontations with police in Gurnee and Antioch pleaded not guilty to weapons violations Thursday. ...
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Lake County chief judge issues alert of jury scamJun 16, 2018 1:00 am - Lake County Chief Judge Jay Ukena Friday issued an alert of a scam where several people were called Thursday by a man pretending to be a Lake County sheriff's deputy say...
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Lake County sheriff: Man sold drugs, gun to undercover officersJun 15, 2018 1:00 am - A 25-year-old Chicago man faces multiple drug and weapons charges following a monthslong investigation, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said Friday. Trae A. Wallace h...
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New trial denied in Lincolnshire day care murder case; supreme court nextJun 11, 2018 1:00 am - The woman convicted of murdering a 16-month-old boy in 2009 at a Lincolnshire day care center will appeal her case to the state's Supreme Court, arguing prosecutors with...
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Armed man taken into custodyJun 07, 2018 1:00 am - A man armed with a gun and experiencing a mental crisis was taken into custody by Lake County Sheriff deputies Thursday, authorities said. Deputies were called to a resi...
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Three cited for selling tobacco products to underage people in Lake CountyJun 06, 2018 1:00 am - Three employees of Lake County stores that sell tobacco have been issued violations for selling products to underage people, authorities said in a news release Wednesday...
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Sheriff: Zion man impersonated police officer, tried to buy gunJun 05, 2018 1:00 am - A Zion man has been charged with a felony after police said he impersonated a police officer and tried to buy a gun, authorities said Tuesday. Marquise C. Lewis, 21, was...
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Is attacking a cop a hate crime? New federal law would give police similar protectionsJun 01, 2018 5:30 am - Federal hate crime laws provide added protections for those violently attacked because of their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability...