Waukegan Crime
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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...
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FBI arrests Beach Park man in cocaine bustMay 19, 2017 1:00 am - A 42-year-old Beach Park man faces federal drug charges after FBI agents arrested him this week. Allen Lymon was under surveillance for several weeks leading up to his a...
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Police: Gurnee burglary suspect captured, found with loaded gunMay 18, 2017 1:00 am - A Waukegan man wanted in connection with a burglary in Gurnee was captured Thursday by the Lake County Sheriff's Office Warrants Team and U.S. Marshals Service - Great L...
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Lake County Sheriff's deputy pleads not guilty to perjuryMay 18, 2017 1:00 am - A Lake County Sheriff's deputy pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he lied while under oath in a court proceeding last year. Justin Hill, 28, of Kenosha, faces up to...
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Melodie Gliniewicz trial, key hearing delayedMay 18, 2017 1:00 am - A Lake County judge Thursday delayed the trial and a key hearing for the widow of Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, who faces charges alleging she helped he...
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Lake County man accused of pointing gun outside courthouseMay 17, 2017 1:00 am - A 47-year-old Zion man is in custody at the Lake County jail after authorities say he pointed a gun at another man Wednesday morning outside the county courthouse in Wau...
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Perjury charges stand against former Lake County coronerMay 16, 2017 1:00 am - Dr. Thomas Rudd got "his hand caught in the cookie jar," a Lake County prosecutor said Tuesday before a judge denied the controversial former coroner's motion to dismiss...
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Chicago man who died in Buffalo Grove crash identifiedMay 14, 2017 1:00 am - A Chicago man who died Saturday from injuries suffered in a three-car crash after fleeing Buffalo Grove police was identified Sunday as 23-year-old Telvin Burnett. The c...