Waukegan Crime
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Waukegan police arrest 3 on gun chargesAug 03, 2012 6:35 pm - Waukegan police late Friday announced the arrested of three men, who it said are self-admitted gang members. Roberto Amaro, 18, of the 800 block of North Butrick, was ar...
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Waukegan baby sitter charged in infant’s deathAug 03, 2012 6:16 pm - A Waukegan woman was charged with first-degree murder and is being held on $3 million bail in connection with the death last month of an infant, police said Friday. Sar...
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Waukegan killing suspects plead not guiltyAug 01, 2012 1:14 pm - Three Waukegan residents charged with killing a man and dumping his body in a Cook County pond last year pleaded not guilty Tuesday to first-degree murder charges. Jose ...
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Courts bars evidence of link between '82, Lindenhurst killingAug 01, 2012 11:00 am - Lake County prosecutors will not immediately be allowed to bring up the similarities between a 2006 killing at a Lindenhurst Burger King and 1982 slayings in Chicago tha...
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Former Waukegan mayoral candidate to serve three years for arsonAug 01, 2012 11:00 am - A former Waukegan mayoral candidate will spend three years behind bars for burning down an iconic city building more than a year ago. Gregory Flesher, 49, accepted a pl...
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Police: Volo man pointed gun at father, 11-year-old girlJul 27, 2012 10:00 am - Editor's note: The charges were dropped July 25, 2012. Criminal charges have been filed against a Volo man accused of pointing a loaded pistol at an 11-year-old gir...
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Fake pot targeted in Lake County’s Operation Log JamJul 26, 2012 2:12 pm - Six Lake County businesses are accused of selling illegal synthetic marijuana as a result of an undercover operation that received assistance from the federal Drug Enfor...
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Lake County Teen Court program seeks new fundingJul 25, 2012 5:30 am - Adolescents who are charged with a misdemeanor crime may no longer be given a second chance to redeem themselves. Without funding, the 17-year-old Lake County Teen Court...
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$157K settlement from one defendant in Bianchi conspiracy caseJul 24, 2012 3:00 pm - One of the special prosecutors who handled the two failed misconduct cases against McHenry County State's Attorney Louis Bianchi in 2011 has agreed to settle a conspirac...
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FBI: Robber told Waukegan teller, 'I will pop you'Jul 23, 2012 7:00 pm - A Zion man has been charged in connection to a robbery of a bank branch inside a Waukegan grocery story and is suspected to be the man who robbed a second Waukegan branc...