Waukegan Crime
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Sledgehammer attack witness: Sandra Rogers hit ex-husbandFeb 05, 2013 11:00 am - Sandra Rogers shouted obscenities as she lifted a red sledgehammer over her head and struck her ex-husband several times, an accomplice in the nearly decade-old attack t...
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Mundelein man says he participated in attack to hide affairFeb 04, 2013 11:00 am - A former Mundelein man who admitted a decade ago to helping attack the father of his then-14-year-old girlfriend testified Monday he agreed to do it to hide a sexual rel...
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Round Lake man charged in fatal drug saleFeb 01, 2013 9:06 pm - A Round Lake man has been charged with drug-induced homicide for selling the heroin that killed the 20-year-old victim, authorities said Friday. Byron Sullivan, 21, of ...
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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...