Waukegan Crime
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Jury finds Round Lake Beach man guilty of killing romantic rivalJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - A Round Lake Beach man was found guilty of first-degree murder for gunning down a romantic rival. Kenneth Seplak, 39, now faces life in prison when he is sentenced July...
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Round Lake Beach man testifies he only tried to scare romantic rival, then gun went offJun 17, 2019 1:00 am - Kenneth Seplak testified Monday he accidentally shot and killed a Libertyville man who he said was chasing him on Milwaukee Avenue after a parking lot confrontation. But...
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Waukegan woman pleads guilty to driving drunk when causing crash that killed twoJun 14, 2019 1:00 am - A 39-year-old woman pleaded guilty Thursday to being drunk and causing a crash that killed two people sitting at a stop light in Waukegan. Letisia C. Delgadillo, of Wau...
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Gunshot residue and forensic science take over Libertyville murder trialJun 13, 2019 1:00 am - An evidence technician testified Thursday that gunshot residue was found on a driver's-side window well and on the left cuff of a shirt police believe Kenneth Seplak wor...
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Woman testifies she told murder suspect she didn't want romantic relationshipJun 12, 2019 1:00 am - The Wauconda woman at the center of Kenneth Seplak's murder trial in the death of a man he thought was a romantic rival testified Wednesday that she repeatedly told Sepl...
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Two charged in shooting near Menta Academy in WaukeganJun 12, 2019 1:00 am - An adult and a teenager face gun charges after shooting at each other on a street near the Menta Academy in Waukegan, authorities said. Ricardo Perez, 27, of Beach Park,...
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'Stop ignoring me': Murder trial of accused spurned lover beginsJun 11, 2019 1:00 am - “‘Talk to me, Sandy, stop ignoring me,'” reads the final text message a Round Lake Beach man accused of gunning down a romantic rival sent the woman that was the object ...
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Did spurned love turn into murder? 2016 case goes to trial this week in Lake CountyJun 10, 2019 5:21 am - 2016 case goes to trial this week in Lake County
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Learn about preventing elder abuse June 17Jun 08, 2019 1:00 am - The Faith Committee of Lake County's Domestic Violence Council holds its monthly meeting from 1:30 to 3 p.m. June 17, in Conference Room A of Waukegan Public Library, 12...
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95 years ago in Lake County's rural Rondout: A huge train heist that captured nation's attentionJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - On the night of June 12, 1924, a heist of unparalleled proportion unfolded at a rural railroad crossing in the tiny unincorporated town of Rondout in central Lake County...