Waukegan Crime
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Waukegan man sentenced to 36 years in prison for killing teenApr 02, 2021 1:00 am - A Lake County judge on Thursday sentenced a Waukegan man who was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting of a teenager to 36 years in prison. In 2019, a jury...
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Police investigating shooting on I-94Mar 28, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois State Police are investigating after a man was shot at while driving on Interstate 94 midday Sunday, officials said. Troopers responded to a reported shooting ...
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Arrests made in 2020 Waukegan murderMar 27, 2021 1:00 am - Two men were arrested in connection with the 2020 fatal shooting of a Joliet man in a Waukegan motel. Darius Kirby, 31, of Riverdale, was arrested by Calumet Park police...
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Gurnee man fatally shot in WaukeganMar 25, 2021 1:00 am - A Gurnee man died after being shot Wednesday afternoon in Waukegan. The Waukegan Police Department was called to the 2700 block of Washington Street about 4:40 p.m. for...
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19 days, 1,112 tickets: State police crackdown on move-over law violationsMar 19, 2021 1:00 am - What is it going to take to get drivers to slow down and move over for stopped emergency vehicles? After a rash of crashes last month involving Illinois State Police veh...
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Statement from Reuter family: 'Enough is enough'Mar 16, 2021 1:00 am - The 2007 murder of pregnant Rhoni Reuter of Deerfield devastated her close-knit family. For the first time since a 2011 trial ended with a guilty verdict and life senten...
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'We want to heal, and she won't let us': Family, prosecutors again seek 'justice for Rhoni'Mar 16, 2021 1:00 am - On vacation this week with family and friends around his Florida home, Thad Reuter can't help but think about how his sister, Rhoni, and her daughter, Skylar, who would ...
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Police: Antioch Township man sent nude photos to undercover cops posing as childrenMar 16, 2021 1:00 am - Undercover detectives, posing as 12-year-old girls from New York and Virginia, helped Lake County officials apprehend a registered child sexual predator from Antioch Tow...
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Authorities say Round Lake Beach man made crack cocaine in Waukegan motelMar 15, 2021 1:00 am - A Round Lake Beach man was arrested in a Waukegan motel room he had been using to manufacture crack cocaine, Lake County sheriff's officials said in a news release Monda...
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Lake Co. State's Attorney to focus on violent crime, victim's rightsMar 10, 2021 12:00 am - Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart said his office is changing the way violent crime cases are prosecuted. Rinehart, who is marking his 100th day on the job Wedn...