Waukegan Crime
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North Chicago family settles lawsuit over death resulting from cellphone theftMay 15, 2019 1:00 am - The family of a North Chicago man killed during a cellphone theft in Round Lake Beach in 2017 will receive nearly $800,000 after the settlement of a wrongful-death lawsu...
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Gliniewicz trial on hold again after prosecutors file another appealMay 15, 2019 1:00 am - Melodie Gliniewicz's ongoing legal battle may be in line for another lengthy delay now that Lake County prosecutors have filed an appeal to a previous court ruling invol...
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Waukegan man found guilty of murderMay 14, 2019 1:00 am - A Lake County jury found a Waukegan man guilty of first degree murder for killing a teenager in 2016. Willie C. Jackson, 20, of Waukegan now faces up to 85 years in pri...
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Authorities: Man set his car on fire after running out of gasMay 13, 2019 1:00 am - A Waukegan man was charged with setting his own car on fire in Beach Park after he became upset that it ran out of gas while he was driving on Kenosha Road, Lake County ...
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Sauer's attorneys asking for more evidence from prosecutorsMay 13, 2019 1:00 am - Lawyers for a former state lawmaker accused of posting lewd images of two ex-girlfriends on the internet without their consent will ask that Lake County prosecutors turn...
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North Chicago man, 18, charged in May 4 slayingMay 12, 2019 1:00 am - An 18-year-old man faces first-degree murder charges stemming from last weekend's killing of a man shot to death in a North Chicago neighborhood, authorities said Sunday...
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Lake Villa Township teen sentenced to probation, jail for leaving the scene of a fatal crashMay 10, 2019 1:00 am - A Lake Villa Township teen was sentenced to two years probation and one year of periodic imprisonment for leaving the scene of a fatal crash in June, lawyers said Friday...
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Murder or self-defense the question in Lake County trialMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - A Lake County jury will decide whether the 2016 killing of a teenager shot by a man with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle was self-defense or murder. Willie C. Jackson, 20,...
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Wisconsin man charged with arson in Antioch fireApr 27, 2019 1:00 am - A Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, man has been charged with committing arson, accused of setting a diesel-fuel storage tank on fire in a drunken rage April 7. Lake County Sheriff...
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Deputies hailed as heroes after helping victims of Beach Park chemical leakApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - The police officers and firefighters who were injured while responding to a poisonous chemical leak in Beach Park Thursday are being hailed as heroes. "This type of even...