Waukegan Crime
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Waukegan man sentenced to 48 years for murdering wifeAug 12, 2013 5:00 pm - Calling the murder of Graciela Guijarro “incredibly shocking,” a Lake County judge sentenced a Waukegan man to 48 years in prison for killing his wife more than a decade...
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Mundelein man pleads guilty to Vernon Hills police station shooting, agrees to pen apology letter to cop who shot himAug 12, 2013 12:00 pm - A Mundelein man who pulled a fake gun in the lobby of the Vernon Hills Police Department in April and wanted officers to kill him, pleaded guilty Monday and must write a...
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Waukegan drug arrest:Aug 08, 2013 6:36 pm - Paul Barnes, 42, of the 400 block of Franklin Street, was arrested Friday, Aug, 2, and charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of...
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Vernon Hills man sentenced to eight years for killing wifeAug 08, 2013 6:00 pm - Calling Ronald Stolberg a “selfish, petulant” man, a Lake County judge sentenced him to eight years in prison Thursday for killing his wife more than two years ago. Asi...
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Bank robber admits to heistsAug 08, 2013 4:57 pm - A man who was arrested after posting photos on Facebook wearing the same disguise he wore to rob northern Illinois banks faces up to 60 years in prison after pleading gu...
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Lindenhurst burglary spree ended by action of an alert neighborAug 08, 2013 4:13 pm - A burglary spree in Lindenhurst earlier this week ended after the actions of a sharp-eyed neighbor. Joshua Michael Joyce, who police say went on a burglary spree early T...
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Waukegan man guilty of intimidating probation officerAug 08, 2013 8:00 am - A former high school basketball star from Lake County was found guilty by a jury late Thursday of threatening his probation officer after she refused to let him take a c...
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Two men charged with Lake County home invasionAug 07, 2013 9:05 pm - Two men are being held on $250,000 bond after tying up two girls and burglarizing a home in Lake County, according to a news release from the Lake County Sheriff’s Offic...
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Basketball star charged with harassing a witnessAug 07, 2013 6:00 pm - Prosecutors say a former standout Waukegan high school basketball star intimidated three Lake County probation office employees when he pantomimed firing a gun at them, ...
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Drug bust outside Waukegan libraryAug 07, 2013 1:41 pm - A Gurnee teenager was arrested Monday and accused of trying to sell the drug ecstasy outside the Waukegan Public Library on County Street. Alexandra Banderowicz, 18, of ...