Waukegan Crime
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Woman killed in Waukegan shooting identifiedJun 06, 2017 1:00 am - A 24-year-old woman shot fatally outside a Waukegan house party early Monday has been identified as Ciera Q. Davis of Waukegan, authorities said Tuesday. Waukegan polic...
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Woman shot to death after altercation at Waukegan house partyJun 05, 2017 1:00 am - Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old woman after an altercation early Monday morning at a house party in Waukegan. Authorities described the shoo...
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Perjury trial of former Lake County coroner delayed till OctoberMay 31, 2017 1:00 am - Prosecutors say former Lake County Coroner Dr. Thomas Rudd turned in more than 15 nominating petitions he knew contained false information ahead of his unsuccessful re-e...
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Man on probation for 2015 Spring Grove attack arrestedMay 26, 2017 1:00 am - A man on probation for beating a woman for two days is back in jail after he was picked up by officers on an arrest warrant. Dvino Thomas, 31, was taken into custody by...
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Lake County deputies save two overdose victims in 10 hoursMay 25, 2017 1:00 am - Lake County Sheriff's deputies saved two drug overdose victims during a 10-hour period Wednesday, authorities say. The first occurred at about 1:30 p.m. in the 0-100 blo...
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Waukegan man guilty of second-degree murder in cousin's slayingMay 25, 2017 1:00 am - A Waukegan man was found guilty Thursday morning of killing one cousin and injuring another after a night of drinking in 2014, but won an acquittal on the most serious c...
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Waukegan man testifies he was "terrified" before fatally stabbing cousinMay 24, 2017 1:00 am - A Waukegan man on trial this week for murder testified Wednesday he feared for his life seconds before stabbing two of his cousins with a 5-inch serrated steak knife in ...
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Waukegan man claims self-defense as murder trial beginsMay 22, 2017 1:00 am - Juan Guajardo feared for his life seconds before plunging a knife into two brothers, killing one and wounding the other, during a scuffle outside the home they shared, a...
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Schaumburg mother ordered back to prison for disabled daughter's deathMay 19, 2017 5:00 am - Bonnie Liltz, the Schaumburg mother convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the 2015 death of her severely disabled daughter, soon could be headed back to prison to ser...
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Lake County Sheriff's Office rolls out body camera programMay 19, 2017 1:00 am - The Lake County Sheriff's Office is close to equipping all of its 230 officers with body-worn cameras, officials said Friday. About 95 percent of the officers working w...