Waukegan Crime
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Two charged with running Waukegan drug labAug 25, 2016 1:00 am - Two Waukegan residents have been charged with operating an illegal lab to create illicit drugs out of their apartment. Derek A. Ventresca, 28, and Vanessa Zavala, 20, ha...
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Fox Lake pension board delays Gliniewicz hearingsAug 25, 2016 1:00 am - Hearings to determine how much of disgraced Fox Lake police Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz's pension money should be paid to his widow have been delayed until the criminal case a...
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Two in custody for running drug lab in WaukeganAug 24, 2016 1:00 am - Two people are in police custody and facing charges for running a chemical drug lab out of their Waukegan apartment, authorities said. Waukegan Police were called to th...
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Zion man charged in crash that killed Hainesville womanAug 24, 2016 1:00 am - A Zion man faces multiple charges in a DUI crash that killed a 54-year-old Hainesville woman in May, authorities said Wednesday. Shawn Flores, 25, of the 4200 block of ...
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Sheriff seeks reserve deputiesAug 22, 2016 1:00 am - Applications are being accepted for the Lake County sheriff's reserve deputies. The unit assists other sheriff's office divisions and municipal police departments in tim...
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Computer expert testifies about X-ray evidence in Calusinski hearingAug 19, 2016 1:00 am - A computer expert testified Friday during a new trial hearing for a woman convicted of killing a toddler at a day-care that the creation date of an X-ray of the victim's...
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Live4Lali to host drug abuse panel in Arlington HeightsAug 19, 2016 1:00 am - The Arlington Heights-based anti-heroin nonprofit Live4Lali will continue its "From Use to Abuse: Drugs in Our Community" panel discussion series with an event at 7 p.m....
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Clerk pepper-sprayed during Waukegan robberyAug 18, 2016 1:00 am - A clerk was pepper-sprayed in an armed robbery Wednesday night in Waukegan, police said. The robbery took place at 9 p.m. at the Shell gas station at 2720 Washington St....
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Lake County to take next step in fight against heroinAug 18, 2016 1:00 am - Law enforcement has saved many lives with the opioid antidote naloxone, but what can happen next is the other side of the story Lake County officials want to change. "Yo...
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Waukegan men accused of robbing landscaping crew in Lake ForestAug 18, 2016 1:00 am - A cellphone might have been mistaken for a gun when two men robbed a landscaping crew of a leaf blower Thursday in Lake Forest, police said. Police received a call of a...