Lake County Crime
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Lake County drops murder charges against Chicago teens in fatal car burglary
Sep 19, 2019 5:34 PM - Lake County State's Attorney Michael Nerheim dropped controversial murder charges Thursday against five Chicago teenagers whose accomplice was shot and killed during an attempted car burglary near Old Mill Creek last month. -
Ex-legislator's attorneys get more time to prepare for key hearing in 'revenge porn' case
Sep 12, 2019 7:16 PM - Lawyers for disgraced former state Rep. Nick Sauer will have two months to craft an argument about why the case against their client should be thrown out of court. -
Round Lake Beach man who killed romantic rival gets 78 years in prison
Sep 11, 2019 8:56 PM - Calling him an exceptionally dangerous man, a judge on Wednesday sentenced a Round Lake Beach man to 78 years in prison for the 2016 killing of a perceived romantic rival in Libertyville. -
Why 'Lake County Five' charges might be best hope for opponents of felony murder law
Sep 6, 2019 5:27 AM - To the opponents of Illinois' controversial felony murder law, the case of five teenagers charged with first-degree murder for the killing of another teen by a Lake County homeowner last month is the "worst-case scenario." But the "Lake County Five," as the teens have become known, may also be opponents' best hope for getting the public and legislative attention needed to change the law.
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Sheriff's deputies investigating shots fired near GurneeSep 5, 2019 8:16 PM - Lake County sheriff's deputies are investigating shots fired Thursday evening in an unincorporated area near Gurnee.
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Cases against teens charged with murder after Old Mill Creek homeowner shot boy continued
Sep 5, 2019 4:48 PM - As supporters called murder charges against five Chicago youths a "travesty," their cases were continued until Sept. 19 while Lake County prosecutors sift through evidence regarding the death of a teen during what they describe as an attempted car theft in Old Mill Creek. -
Judge rejects Gurnee man's plea deal for being 'too light'
Sep 5, 2019 2:56 PM - A Lake County judge rejected a proposed plea deal Wednesday for a Gurnee man facing multiple felony charges in connection with several vehicle burglaries near Waukegan. -
The disturbing facts about elder abuse, and what the state is doing about it
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Judge: Man guilty of killing wife in coffee pot dispute
Aug 28, 2019 6:43 PM - A Lake County Judge ruled Wednesday that the 69-year-old Barrington man who shot at his wife four times during a dispute that began over a coffee pot is guilty of second-degree murder. -
Prosecutors: Lotz murdered his wife as part of a 'tantrum' over a coffee pot
Aug 21, 2019 4:38 PM - Larry Lotz of Barrington murdered his wife as part of a "tantrum" over a coffee pot, prosecutors argued during closing arguments Wednesday, while the defense attorney said the 2016 killing was brought on by a dissociative episode. Lake County Judge Daniel Shanes said he will make his ruling next Wednesday.
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