Waukegan Crime
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Waukegan man pleads guilty to home invasion for role in 2012 murderApr 10, 2014 1:01 am - A Waukegan man pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in connection with the murder of a 42-year-old man during a drug deal that went bad. Steven Gee, 23, of the 1700 block o...
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Round Lake Park man pleads not guilty to drug chargesApr 09, 2014 1:01 am - A Round Lake Park man accused of trying to sell pounds of marijuana from a package erroneously sent to him pleaded not guilty to drug charges in Lake County court Wednes...
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Employee charged with theft from Lake County philanthropistApr 08, 2014 1:01 am - A philanthropist and a member of one of the most prominent families in Lake County was the victim of identity theft and financial exploitation by an employee, authoritie...
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Man accused of Zion murders convicted in VirginiaApr 08, 2014 1:01 am - A former Marine accused in Illinois of killing two young Zion girls in 2005 was convicted in Virginia Tuesday of first-degree murder in a 2009 slaying of a fellow servic...
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Round Lake Beach man accepts plea deal for July shootingApr 07, 2014 1:01 am - A 20-year-old man was sentenced to nine years in prison after accepting a plea deal with prosecutors Monday for shooting someone in the leg in Round Lake Beach last summ...
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Ingleside man charged with damaging police car before Cubs openerApr 07, 2014 1:01 am - An Ingleside man with Chicago Cubs opening day tickets found himself in police custody rather than inside the friendly confines before a single pitch was thrown. Nichol...
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Attorney wants jury bused to crime sceneApr 07, 2014 1:01 am - The defense attorney for a Round Lake Park man charged in the murder of a Zion teen made a formal request to allow jurors to visit the crime scene to give them a better ...
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Hidden no more: Heroin in suburbsApr 06, 2014 6:01 am - What the Daily Herald addressed more than a decade ago as a "Hidden Scourge" is hidden no more. In the years since our first series of extensive reports on the effects o...
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Defense scores court victory in Round Lake Beach shootingApr 04, 2014 1:01 am - A Round Lake Park man charged in the murder of a Zion teen in a parking lot shooting scored a victory in court Thursday. Lake County Judge Daniel Shanes ruled the defen...
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Waukegan man sentenced to 59 years in prison for 2011 murderApr 03, 2014 1:01 am - A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 59 years in prison for helping to torture and murder a Waukegan man in 2011, then helping to dump his body in the Penny Road Pond in u...