Waukegan Crime
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Lake County Gang Task Force announces seizures from gangsJan 18, 2016 6:00 am - The Lake County Sheriff's Office has announced some of their success through the newly created gang task force. Since its creation six months ago, the Lake County Sheri...
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2 hurt in crash near Wauconda; parts of Gilmer, Rt. 176 closedJan 18, 2016 12:00 am - Two people were hurt, one critically, in an crash near Wauconda on Monday morning. The accident happened about 11 a.m. when a semitrailer truck collided with a red 2002 ...
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Reward offered for info about cat killingJan 15, 2016 12:00 am - Rewards totaling $6,000 are being offered for information involving a cat killing last month in Waukegan. Police are investigating the hanging of a cat by a rope around ...
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Two Spring Grove residents face kidnapping, battery chargesJan 13, 2016 12:00 am - Two Spring Grove residents were behind bars Wednesday on charges they abducted an acquaintance at gunpoint and beat her for two days late last month, Lake County authori...
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Police investigate armed robbery at Waukegan liquor storeJan 13, 2016 12:00 am - Waukegan police are investigating an armed robbery and shooting at a liquor store from last weekend. According to a news release, a store clerk at Big Daddy's Liquors, 2...
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Police dog helps capture Lake County burglary suspectJan 13, 2016 12:00 am - A police canine unit helped Lake County authorities capture a burglary a suspect over the weekend minutes after a break-in at a Beach Park gas station, officials said We...
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Bail set for Beach Park men accused of not helping overdosing Schaumburg manJan 12, 2016 12:00 am - Bail has been set for a father and son from Beach Park who left an overdosing Schaumburg man in his vehicle, where he died. Judge Christen Bishop ordered Mason Spencer,...
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Ingleside man pleads guilty to giving fatal "Sass" drug to womanJan 11, 2016 12:00 am - An Ingleside man accused of providing the drug "Sass" to a Spring Grove woman who later died pleaded guilty Monday to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled subs...
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Lake County homicides, overdose deaths drop in 2015Jan 10, 2016 10:00 pm - Lake County law enforcement officials say some of the credit for an apparent decline in heroin-related deaths goes to the expanded use of an opioid overdose antidote by ...
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Lake County deputy injured when squad hit by DUI suspectJan 10, 2016 12:00 am - A 20-year-old Wauconda man faces multiple charges after authorities say he was driving under the influence of drugs early Sunday when his car slammed into the rear of a ...