Waukegan Crime
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Leather chairs, soothing room: An alternative to jail in Lake CountyAug 23, 2021 5:30 am - Lake County sheriff's deputies now have the option to bring people they encounter who need mental health care to a special crisis intervention center in Waukegan. In do...
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Former Lake County correctional officer faces custodial sexual misconduct chargesAug 21, 2021 1:00 am - A former Lake County sheriff's correctional officer faces sexual misconduct charges after a nearly nine-month investigation, authorities said. The Lake County Sheriff's ...
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Gages Lake man charged with stealing from donation box at monasteryAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - A Gages Lake man who police say is a repeat church burglar was charged with felony burglary after authorities say he stole from a donation box inside New Gracanica Serbi...
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Marine recruiter from Rolling Meadows charged with child porn possession in Lake CountyAug 18, 2021 1:00 am - A Marine Corps recruiter assigned to the Lake County area faces child pornography charges after cyber crimes investigators found multiple images and videos of underage c...
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18-year-old critically injured in stabbing near LibertyvilleAug 17, 2021 1:00 am - An 18-year-old man from the Libertyville area was critically injured in a stabbing early Tuesday morning at his home, authorities said. According to a news release from...
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Former Lake County coroner employee pleads not guilty to making secret recordingAug 13, 2021 1:00 am - A former employee of the Lake County coroner's office who officials say secretly recorded conversations with grieving family members pleaded not guilty to all three felo...
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Third man charged in 2020 Gurnee-area murderAug 12, 2021 1:00 am - A third person has been charged in the May 2020 murder of a 21-year-old man in unincorporated Lake County near Gurnee. Lake County sheriff's police said Thursday afterno...
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Police: Wonder Lake man thought he was meeting 14-year-old girlAug 11, 2021 1:00 am - A Wonder Lake man was arrested after he drove to Warren Township for an encounter with "a 14-year-old girl" who turned out to be an undercover detective, police said. Aa...
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Palatine man charged in 2020 crash that killed Buffalo Grove resident back behind barsAug 11, 2021 1:00 am - A 33-year-old Palatine man who was charged with five counts of felony aggravated DUI causing death after a fatal crash in Mundelein on New Year's Day 2020 was arrested a...
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State's attorney to review new autopsy of Round Lake Beach man who died in custodyAug 09, 2021 1:00 am - Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart said Monday that he would review an independent autopsy that blames Round Lake Beach police for the death of a 21-year-old man...