Wauconda Crime
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Appellate court orders release of thrice-convicted Kenneth SmithApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - Kenneth Smith, who has served nearly 20 years of a 67-year prison sentence for the 2001 murder of a McHenry restaurant owner, was granted "immediate" release from prison...
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'We grieve with the Floyd family': Police meet Chauvin verdict with cheers, fears, uncertaintyApr 21, 2021 1:00 am - The jury's guilty verdicts verified the overwhelming public opinion that Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd on May 25, 2020, when he knelt on...
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Kane County takes aim at child exploitation with hire of veteran prosecutorApr 16, 2021 5:11 am - Prosecuting child exploitation cases is a horrible thing in which to be an expert. But it's one reason veteran prosecutor Robert Dore is coming out of retirement to beco...
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Lake County woman charged with biting, slapping sheriff's deputyApr 04, 2021 1:00 am - A Lake Villa-area woman bit and injured a Lake County sheriff's deputy Friday night after she was taken into custody in connection with a domestic dispute, authorities s...
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Police investigating shooting on I-94Mar 28, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois State Police are investigating after a man was shot at while driving on Interstate 94 midday Sunday, officials said. Troopers responded to a reported shooting ...
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19 days, 1,112 tickets: State police crackdown on move-over law violationsMar 19, 2021 1:00 am - What is it going to take to get drivers to slow down and move over for stopped emergency vehicles? After a rash of crashes last month involving Illinois State Police veh...
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Statement from Reuter family: 'Enough is enough'Mar 16, 2021 1:00 am - The 2007 murder of pregnant Rhoni Reuter of Deerfield devastated her close-knit family. For the first time since a 2011 trial ended with a guilty verdict and life senten...
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'We want to heal, and she won't let us': Family, prosecutors again seek 'justice for Rhoni'Mar 16, 2021 1:00 am - On vacation this week with family and friends around his Florida home, Thad Reuter can't help but think about how his sister, Rhoni, and her daughter, Skylar, who would ...
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Police: Antioch Township man sent nude photos to undercover cops posing as childrenMar 16, 2021 1:00 am - Undercover detectives, posing as 12-year-old girls from New York and Virginia, helped Lake County officials apprehend a registered child sexual predator from Antioch Tow...
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Authorities say Round Lake Beach man made crack cocaine in Waukegan motelMar 15, 2021 1:00 am - A Round Lake Beach man was arrested in a Waukegan motel room he had been using to manufacture crack cocaine, Lake County sheriff's officials said in a news release Monda...