Waukegan Crime
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Daughter denies role in sledgehammer attackFeb 01, 2013 11:00 am - A tearful Robin Rogers recalled how she felt like she was in a horror movie the night she frantically dialed 9-1-1 from her father's blood-covered bedroom, minutes after...
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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...