Waukegan Crime
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Police: Gurnee man charged after crashing into tree while fleeing sheriff's deputyJul 16, 2019 1:00 am - A Gurnee man faces weapons, drunk driving and other charges after authorities say he crashed his car into as tree Monday while trying to flee from a Lake County sheriff'...
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Round Lake Beach woman charged with sex traffickingJul 13, 2019 1:00 am - A 33-year-old Round Lake Beach woman faces charges of sex trafficking involving a 15-year-old girl after an investigation by the Lake County sheriff's office, authoritie...
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Lake County sheriff announces results of holiday enforcementJul 09, 2019 1:00 am - The Lake County sheriff's office arrested two impaired drivers, made one drug arrest and issued 109 seat belt citations during the recent Fourth of July "Drive Sober or ...
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Sheriff's office: Five Lake County teens arrested in McHenry County after stolen SUV abandonedJul 09, 2019 1:00 am - Four 19-year-old men and one 15-year-old boy from Lake County were charged after they fled a stolen vehicle Monday afternoon in the Crystal Lake area, according to the M...
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Coroner: Passenger who died in one-car Waukegan DUI crash from North ChicagoJul 08, 2019 1:00 am - Authorities have identified the 22-year-old passenger who died Thursday night in a high-speed single-car crash in Waukegan as Javier Ocampo of North Chicago. Ocampo died...
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Driver charged with DUI, reckless homicide in fatal July 4 crashJul 07, 2019 1:00 am - A Lake County man faces DUI and reckless homicide charges stemming from a one-vehicle crash July 4th that killed his passenger, police said Sunday. Rudi Orihuela, 22, of...
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One dead, one injured in single-car crash in WaukeganJul 05, 2019 1:00 am - One man is dead and another is in police custody after a single-car crash Thursday night in Waukegan that investigators believe was the result of excessive speed and alc...
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Sheriff says Long Grove woman died in struggle over gun after shooting at husbandJul 02, 2019 1:00 am - Authorities say a woman shot dead in her Long Grove home Monday first fired at her husband before a struggle over the weapon left her fatally injured. Lake County sherif...
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Bags of 'white rocklike substance' found in stomach of Waukegan man who died in police custodyJun 28, 2019 1:00 am - An earlier version of this story misstated Avion C. Cotton's first name. The Waukegan man who died after swallowing bags of an unknown substance while fleeing polic...
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Waukegan man swallows unknown substance, dies while in custodyJun 27, 2019 1:00 am - A Waukegan man who ate an unknown substance died after while in police custody Thursday afternoon, officials said. Officers went to a residence on the 600 block of Mart...