Waukegan Crime
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Winthrop Harbor man faces child porn chargesJan 31, 2013 12:52 pm - A Winthrop Harbor man faces child pornography charges following an arrest this week, the Illinois attorney general’s office announced Thursday. David Wayne McMurray, 52,...
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Victim testifies in sledgehammer caseJan 31, 2013 11:45 am - After seeing his wife fall unconscious in the doorway of his bedroom, Rick Rogers said he jumped on her attacker. They wrestled to the floor about 4:41 a.m. on May 19, 2...
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Sledgehammer attack trial kicks off with bloody testimonyJan 30, 2013 10:00 am - A Lincolnshire Police sergeant told a Lake County jury he saw “two bodies covered in blood” when he glanced into the master bedroom of a home on May 19, 2003. Sgt. Jame...
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Mark Ditka pleads guilty to drug, alcohol chargesJan 30, 2013 8:00 am - The son of football Hall-of-Famer Mike Ditka pleaded guilty to drug and alcohol charges Lake County court Wednesday. Mark Ditka, 50, of Deerfield, will spend 24 months ...
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Battle lines drawn in sledgehammer attack trialJan 29, 2013 12:00 pm - Sandra Rogers finally had her day in court Tuesday, nearly 10 years after she was arrested in the sledgehammer attack on her ex-husband and his new wife in their Lincoln...
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New trial starts for woman convicted in hammer attackJan 28, 2013 3:45 am - After spending most of the last 10 years behind bars on charges she attacked her ex-husband and his new wife with a sledgehammer in their Lincolnshire home, Sandra Roger...
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Waukegan man arrested on drug, gun chargesJan 25, 2013 5:37 pm - Waukegan police said Friday they recovered drugs and a weapon after a search of a man’s house spurred by complaints from area residents. Police charged Marcus Brewton, 3...
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Trial for Ingleside woman, son in fatal drug case pushed to MarchJan 24, 2013 9:37 am - The trial date for two Ingleside family members accused of supplying drugs that killed a friend has been pushed back to March. Brian Stedronsky, 33, and his mother, Car...
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Woman's attorney says daughter behind attempted murderJan 23, 2013 9:00 am - Defense attorneys working to free a Mundelein woman who pleaded guilty to trying to kill her ex-husband hope to use in court an unauthorized telephone recording of the w...
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Judge: Waukegan man must hire attorneyJan 22, 2013 11:36 am - A Waukegan man facing 60 years in prison for murder was given one more week to hire an attorney or proceed with one appointed for him by the courts. Zervont Thomas, 20, ...