Wauconda Crime
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Hearing next week for Waukegan man looking to withdraw plea deal in Gurnee fatal stabbingOct 25, 2014 1:01 am - A hearing is set to decide whether a Waukegan man who pleaded guilty but mentally ill to charges he stabbed and killed a man while in a moving car in Gurnee in August 20...
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Lake Villa Township man sentenced to probation, periodic imprisonment for shooting neighborOct 24, 2014 1:00 am - A Lake County judge sentenced a former Lake Villa Township man to 24 months of probation and six months of periodic imprisonment for shooting his neighbor during a night...
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Man held on $50,000 bail for Fox Lake bank theft WednesdayOct 23, 2014 1:01 am - A Fox Lake man is held in Lake County jail on $50,000 bail for entering a Grand Avenue bank, tossing a plastic bag at the teller and telling the victim to "fill it up." ...
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More time needed in latest Lake County DNA caseOct 21, 2014 1:01 am - Attorneys continue to wait on DNA test results to determine if a Chicago man was wrongly convicted in a grisly January 2000 attack on a North Chicago man. During a brief...
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Zion teen sentenced to 23 years for killing infant sonOct 20, 2014 1:01 am - A Zion teen was sentenced to 23 years in prison for killing his 5-month-old son when the child wouldn't stop crying. Victor Salinas-Corona, 18, must serve 100 percent o...
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Antioch man apologizes, pleads guilty to killing wife, motherOct 20, 2014 1:00 am - An Antioch man apologized Monday for savagely killing his wife with a machete and suffocating his mother in their garden apartment nearly one year ago. Billy Varner, 55,...
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Parents: 'No justice' for girl killed by huffing driverOct 15, 2014 5:00 am - It's been two years since 5-year-old Jaclyn Santos-Sacramento was killed by a chemically impaired driver while walking on a Highland Park sidewalk — and time hasn't ease...
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Lake County demanding better performance from security companyOct 15, 2014 1:00 am - A private security company in charge of screening visitors at metal detectors at the Lake County government complex in Waukegan is on notice that arrests of its employee...
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California man charged in threats to Lake County courthouse, Gurnee policeOct 14, 2014 1:01 am - A California man is held on $2 million bail on accusations he said in a phone call he wanted to "light up" Gurnee police headquarters and the Lake County courthouse, aut...
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Wisconsin fugitive apprehended in Lake CountyOct 14, 2014 1:01 am - A Wisconsin man was arrested Monday after police stopped his car on the Tri-State Tollway near Gurnee and found he was wanted on a warrant in that state, Lake County she...