Waukegan Crime
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Waukegan police chasing 'strong, viable lead' in unsolved Staker murderAug 19, 2022 11:00 pm - Waukegan Police Chief Keith Zupec said his agency is chasing a "complicated," but "strong, viable lead" into the 30-year-old unsolved murder of 11-year-old Holly Staker....
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Buffalo Grove woman sentenced to 9 years in prison for child sex assaultAug 19, 2022 11:00 pm - A Buffalo Grove woman received a nine-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13 and producing child pornography. Kimb...
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Round Lake day care owner sentenced to 4 years in prisonAug 19, 2022 1:00 am - The owner of an at-home day care business in Round Lake where a 3-month-old child died in 2019 was sentenced to four years in prison by a Lake County judge this week. Ja...
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Canine Tera(byte) to help Lake County Sheriff 's Office combat human trafficking, child exploitationAug 15, 2022 1:00 am - The newest crime fighter for the Lake County sheriff's office is a 1½-year-old Labrador retriever specially trained to find electronic devices. Tera(byte), an electronic...
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Second man charged with murder in May shooting of North Chicago teenAug 13, 2022 1:00 am - An 18-year-old Calumet City man became the second person charged with murder for the shooting death of a 14-year-old boy killed at a North Chicago gas station in May. Al...
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Ex-Lake County prosecutor who bought teen alcohol in Woodstock sent to jailAug 11, 2022 1:00 am - A former Lake County prosecutor was fined and sentenced to jail time on Wednesday for buying liquor for a teenager he was with in a Woodstock motel in 2020. Javaron D. B...
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Hainesville man fatally shot in Waukegan identifiedAug 09, 2022 1:00 am - Lake County officials on Tuesday released the name of the 18-year-old Hainesville man fatally shot Saturday at a Waukegan apartment complex. Michael Reed Jr. died Sunday...
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18-year-old Hainesville man fatally shot in WaukeganAug 08, 2022 1:00 am - Waukegan police are investigating the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old Hainesville man over the weekend. Police said officers were dispatched to an apartment complex in ...
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Grand jury adds 110 criminal charges against Highland Park mass shooting suspectJul 27, 2022 1:00 am - A Lake County grand jury today indicted the 21-year-old Highwood man accused of carrying out a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade on 110 additional...
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Ingleside business raided, owner charged with trafficking cocaineJul 26, 2022 1:00 am - A 36-year-old Northbrook man was charged with drug trafficking and other crimes after Lake County sheriff's office detectives uncovered nearly 1,000 grams of cocaine fro...