Waukegan Crime
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Trial delayed for couple accused of failing to give son lifesaving medicineMay 10, 2017 1:00 am - The trial of a Park City couple facing allegations they failed to give their 11-year-old son medication he needed to survive a heart transplant has been postponed indefi...
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Lake County sheriff's deputy facing perjury chargesMay 10, 2017 1:00 am - Authorities say he lied during hearing about DUI case
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Defense wants DNA banned in trial over notorious Zion murdersMay 09, 2017 1:00 am - The defense for a former Zion man charged in the notorious slayings of two little girls on Mother's Day 2005 is trying to block Lake County prosecutors from presenting D...
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Documentary puts viewers in shoes of suburban drug usersMay 08, 2017 5:30 am - The opening images of Ethan Deardorff's documentary are serene: a moonlit sky, nice houses bordering an open field - typical suburbia. But viewers quickly learn why the ...
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Schneider, Nerheim to take part in opioid epidemic roundtableMay 08, 2017 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, Mundelein Police Chief Eric Guenther and Lake County State's Attorney Michael Nerheim will take part in a roundtable discussion Thursday addres...
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Innocence organizations applaud Illinois Senate for passage of legislation to regulate use of jailhouse informantsMay 07, 2017 11:00 pm - (Springfield, IL - May 5, 2017) - Today, the Illinois Senate unanimously passed legislation in a 49-0 vote that would protect the innocent from wrongful convictions thro...
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Round Lake man gets 3 years for possessing child pornMay 05, 2017 1:00 am - A Round Lake man has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was sentenced to three years in prison, officials said. The plea by Roger Latimer, 52, came mi...
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Homeless couple charged with mugging women at Waukegan grocery storeMay 04, 2017 1:00 am - A homeless couple have been charged in two robberies of customers at a Waukegan grocery store, including one that sent a woman in her 80s to the hospital for a head inju...
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Teen gets probation for stealing Mundelein police TaserMay 03, 2017 1:00 am - A Waukegan teen pleaded guilty Wednesday to allegations he stole a stun gun from the Mundelein police station last year during a meeting of the department's youth Explor...
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Public defender appointed for Lake County dad charged in son's deathMay 02, 2017 1:00 am - A Park City man facing allegations that his failure to give his son medication led to the 11-year-old boy's death last year was appointed a public defender Tuesday after...