Waukegan Crime
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'No winners': Judge sentences Deerfield man to 65 years in prison for wife's murderJul 14, 2022 1:00 am - A 59-year-old Deerfield man was sentenced Thursday to 65 years in prison for the deadly stabbing of his wife in 2018. Gary Kamen pleaded guilty June 1 to a charge first-...
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'I don't know how we are going to do it without you': Waukegan family man is seventh victim to die in parade shootingJul 06, 2022 1:00 am - A 69-year-old Waukegan man, identified Wednesday as the seventh person killed in Monday's mass shooting in Highland Park, was described as a devoted family man who gave ...
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Authorities: Man faces grooming charges after interacting with undercover detectives onlineJul 01, 2022 1:00 am - A Darien man has been charged with grooming a minor via social media after a Lake County undercover investigation. James R. Wood, 35, of the 7500 block of Farmingdale Dr...
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Police: Canine helped discover 2 kilos of cocaine during traffic stop in WaukeganJun 25, 2022 1:00 am - A Texas man was charged with manufacturing, delivering and possession of cocaine after more than 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of the drug were found in a vehicle during a tr...
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Waukegan man sentenced to 3 years of periodic imprisonment for fatal crashJun 22, 2022 1:00 am - A 39-year-old Waukegan man who faced the prospect of prison time after pleading guilty to driving while drunk and causing a fatal 2019 crash in Beach Park was sentenced ...
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Round Lake Beach man charged with drowning his three children ordered held without bailJun 21, 2022 1:00 am - The Round Lake Beach man charged with drowning his three children last week was ordered held in custody Tuesday without bail. Jason E. Karels, 35, could face life in pri...
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Lake County sheriff's police dog tracks down gun linked to criminal investigationJun 21, 2022 1:00 am - A Lake County sheriff's office police dog tracked down a gun that authorities say a North Chicago man tried to hide after a hit-and-run crash Saturday in Waukegan, leadi...
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'If I can't have them neither can you': Man charged in drownings wrote to wife, prosecutors sayJun 15, 2022 1:00 am - The Round Lake Beach man charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the drownings of his three children left a note to his wife reading, "if I can't have them n...
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Police dog tracks down Lindenhurst school burglary suspectsJun 13, 2022 1:00 am - A police dog tracked down a group of burglars who broke into a school in Lindenhurst, according to the Lake County sheriff's office. At 2:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities re...
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Former Aurora chief Ziman to help DOJ investigate police response to Uvalde shootingJun 09, 2022 1:00 am - The U.S. Department of Justice is turning to a former suburban top cop to help it examine how police responded to the May 24 mass shooting that left 19 children and two ...