Zion Crime
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Zion man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend's babyJul 08, 2014 1:00 am - A Zion man faces 35 years in prison after he pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lake County court to suffocating his girlfriend's 5-month-old son. The body of Joshua Summeries ha...
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Zion teen pleads guilty to killing infant sonJul 01, 2014 1:01 am - A Zion teen pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of first-degree murder for killing his son when the infant wouldn't stop crying. Victor Salinas-Corona, 18, will be sent...
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Lake County prosecutors go after ex-Marine on death rowJun 03, 2014 1:01 am - Prosecutors in Lake County are determined to bring a former Marine back to his home state to stand trial in the slayings of two young girls in Zion even though he's alre...
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Suspect in Zion murders sentenced to death in VirginiaMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An ex-Marine on Friday was sentenced to death for the 2009 murder of a Navy sailor at a barracks in northern Virginia. The sentencing of Jorge Torrez, ...
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Zion man sentenced to 40 years in prison for Gurnee standoffMay 05, 2014 1:01 am - A victim of a 2012 home invasion testified Monday she flung open the bathroom door and confronted her sister's gun-wielding ex-boyfriend to stop him from shooting her da...
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Zion man accused of molesting girls, having child pornApr 29, 2014 1:00 am - A Zion man has been charged with molesting two girls and of possessing child pornography, according to the Lake County sheriff's office. John P. Kerr, 49, of the 3200 bl...
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Zion murder suspect sentenced to death in VirginiaApr 24, 2014 1:01 am - ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An ex-Marine suspected of killing two Zion girls was sentenced to death Thursday for murdering a fellow service member in 2009, after a federal jury co...
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Slain Zion girl's grandfather testifies in death penalty caseApr 22, 2014 1:00 am - ALEXANDRIA, Va. — An Illinois grandfather shook in the witness chair as he told jurors about discovering his 8-year-old granddaughter and her best friend dead from stab...
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Police: Zion man had child pornographyApr 14, 2014 1:01 am - A Zion man has been seized on child pornography charges, according to the Lake County sheriff's office. Richard V. Jinkens, 48, of the 2000 block of Elizabeth Avenue, fa...
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Man accused of Zion murders convicted in VirginiaApr 08, 2014 1:01 am - A former Marine accused in Illinois of killing two young Zion girls in 2005 was convicted in Virginia Tuesday of first-degree murder in a 2009 slaying of a fellow servic...