Waukegan 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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Waukegan man accused of selling homemade fireworks onlineJul 04, 2018 1:00 am - A Waukegan man who Lake County sheriff's police said sold homemade fireworks online will spend the Fourth of July in jail. Janko Armanov, 30, of the 3100 block of Grandv...
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Former North Chicago cop pleads guilty to prostitution chargeJun 28, 2018 1:00 am - A former North Chicago police officer plead guilty to a felony count of patronizing a prostitute Thursday. Ludwin W. Barreno, an eight-year veteran of the department, wa...
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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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Waukegan man charged with sexually assaulting Mount Prospect womanJun 22, 2018 1:00 am - A Waukegan man who prosecutors said told a woman to "just go with it" while sexually assaulting her in her Mount Prospect home was ordered held on $200,000 bail Friday. ...
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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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Woman accused of striking three with SUV after domestic dispute in WaukeganJun 13, 2018 1:00 am - A domestic dispute in Waukegan resulted in a 2-year-old boy's being airlifted to the hospital and left two others injured after, police say, a Chicago woman struck the t...
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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...