Waukegan Crime
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Yang lawyers gain access to evidence concerning former Bears player GayleFeb 27, 2020 12:00 am - A Lake County judge agreed Thursday to allow attorneys for Marni Yang - convicted in 2011 of murdering the pregnant girlfriend of former Chicago Bears player Shaun Gayle...
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Waukegan man 'no longer employed' by Dist. 117, suspended by Dist. 46 after arrestFeb 26, 2020 12:00 am - A Waukegan man has been suspended from one school district and is "no longer employed" by another after he was arrested in a Lake County prostitution sting, officials sa...
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Attempted murder trial of Waukegan man on hold for appeal over evidenceFeb 19, 2020 12:00 am - Prosecutors in the case of a 53-year-old Waukegan man accused of attempted murder filed a rare mid-trial appeal that a Lake County judge said could delay the case for at...
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Man gets 30 months in prison for role in 2019 gun, cocaine arrest in taxiFeb 18, 2020 12:00 am - A 24-year-old Elgin man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in an April 2019 arrest in Elgin in which police seized a loaded gun and a backpack contai...
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Lake County deputy injured while breaking up fight in Beach ParkFeb 17, 2020 12:00 am - A Lake County sheriff's deputy was injured while trying to break up a fight earlier this month outside a Beach Park bar, the department announced Monday. Lasonte M. Ruth...
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Antioch man wanted by police arrested after escape, chase and crashFeb 14, 2020 12:00 am - An Antioch man wanted on charges of aggravated battery with a firearm and other crimes was arrested Thursday after a brief police chase and a crash, authorities said Fri...
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Lake County police dog helps track down Round Lake man who they say fled crash siteFeb 10, 2020 12:00 am - Lake County sheriff's office police dog Boomer is being credited for helping Gurnee police sniff out a 22-year-old Round Lake man charged with fleeing the scene of a two...
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Could carrying lifesaving drug cost first responders their life insurance?Feb 07, 2020 4:31 am - As the opioid crisis claimed hundreds of victims in the suburbs, and tens of thousands nationwide, cartridges of the overdose-reversing agent naloxone became nearly as e...
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Waukegan man charged in string of catalytic converter theftsFeb 07, 2020 12:00 am - A 32-year-old Waukegan man was charged by police in connection with a spike in catalytic converter thefts in Waukegan, Zion, Gurnee, southern Wisconsin and elsewhere. Jo...
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Waukegan man pleads not guilty to charges he battered policeFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - A 20-year-old Waukegan man pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of fighting with Waukegan police on Jan. 4. Christopher K. Simmons, of the 2200 block of Grand Avenue, ...