Waukegan Crime
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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, ...
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14 men arrested in Lake County prostitution stingFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - Fourteen men were arrested last month in a prostitution sting intended to combat human trafficking, Lake County authorities announced Wednesday. Prostitution customers, ...
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Arrest in fatal Waukegan attackFeb 03, 2020 12:00 am - A Chicago man has been arrested for the death last month of Johnathan Wolfe, 62, of Waukegan, authorities said in a news release Monday. Waukegan police announced a fir...
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Spring Grove area man charged in crack cocaine salesJan 31, 2020 12:00 am - A 26-year-old man from unincorporated Spring Grove faces felony drug charges following a long-term investigation of crack cocaine sales. Members of the Lake County Sheri...
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Jury finds Waukegan man guilty of murder in 24-year-old woman's slayingJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - A Lake County jury deliberated just over an hour Thursday before finding a 51-year-old Waukegan man guilty of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old ...