Waukegan Crime
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Inverness boy remains hospitalized as investigation into hit-and-run continuesMay 20, 2019 1:00 am - A 13-year-old Inverness boy severely injured in a weekend hit-and-run, then dropped off at his home by an unknown person remains hospitalized in serious but stable condi...
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Man gets life in prison for deadly baseball bat attack on wife, stepson in Beach ParkMay 20, 2019 1:00 am - Calling the brutal double murder "despicable" and "shocking," a Lake County judge on Monday sentenced a Beach Park man to life in prison for viciously beating his wife a...
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Suspect charged with murder in Round Lake Beach woman's deathMay 20, 2019 1:00 am - A 20-year-old Round Lake-area man has been charged with murder in the death of 48-year-old Mariana Castro-Tellez last week in Round Lake Beach, the Lake County sheriff's...
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Truck crashes into Spring Grove home, pins sleeping 71-year-old womanMay 19, 2019 1:00 am - A Fox Lake man faces multiple charges after authorities say he crashed his pickup truck early Sunday into a home near Spring Grove, leaving a sleeping 71-year-old woman ...
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Waukegan woman accused of locking "possessed" daughter in basement pleads guiltyMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - A Waukegan woman accused of locking her 10-year-old daughter in the basement of the family's house because she said the girl was "possessed by a demon" has avoided jail ...
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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...