Waukegan Crime
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Bail set at $15,000 for Zion man charged with stealing from teacherDec 06, 2015 12:00 am - A Lake County judge set bail Sunday at $15,000 for a Zion man facing felony charges alleging he stole from a teacher at a Gages Lake school, authorities said. Lavonte M....
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4 people wrongly convicted share stories of survivalDec 04, 2015 12:00 am - Better police training, less immunity granted to witnesses, more prosecutor accountability and a larger pool of resources for the public defenders can help toward avoidi...
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Suspect in murder of Zion girls on hunger strike in jailDec 04, 2015 12:00 am - A man incarcerated in the Lake County jail awaiting trial in the notorious 2005 Mother's Day murders of two little girls in Zion is on a hunger strike, his lawyer said F...
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Melodie Gliniewicz will have to wait to get access to bank accountDec 03, 2015 12:00 am - An order to release a second frozen bank account to the wife of disgraced former Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz will not be approved until Monday, officia...
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Antioch Twp. man resentenced to 8 years for fatal crashDec 02, 2015 12:00 am - An Antioch Township man who violated a previous periodic imprisonment sentence he received for his role in the illegal street race that killed an Antioch High School stu...
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Woman pleads guilty to filing false police report on jogging incidentDec 02, 2015 12:00 am - A Lake County woman who claimed to have been attacked while jogging pleaded guilty in court Wednesday to lying to police. Jessica C. Kramer, 20, of the 23500 block of N...
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Long Grove man pleads guilty in crash that killed Buffalo Grove womanDec 01, 2015 12:00 am - A Long Grove man who was accused of causing a fatal car accident in Hawthorn Woods has pleaded guilty to one count of reckless homicide in Lake County court, officials s...
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Winthrop Harbor teen pleads guilty in fatal crashNov 30, 2015 12:00 am - A Winthrop Harbor teen admitted in Lake County court Monday to using her cellphone while driving the night she ran into and killed a 45-year-old Waukegan man who was bic...
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Prosecutor: Beach Park man beat wife, stepson to death with baseball batNov 30, 2015 12:00 am - A Beach Park man is being held in Lake County jail on $5 million bail after, authorities say, he used an aluminum bat to bludgeon his wife and her son to death during an...
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Sheriff investigating 'suspicious deaths' of Beach Park mother, sonNov 29, 2015 12:00 am - A person of interest is in custody in connection with what Lake County sheriff's officials are calling the "suspicious deaths" of a Beach Park woman and her teenage son....