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Man pleads not guilty to weapons charges in Lake County police confrontations
By Lee Filas
Jun 21, 2018 12:59 PM - An Antioch Township man who authorities say was involved in multiple confrontations with police in Gurnee and Antioch pleaded not guilty to weapons violations Thursday.
Lake County chief judge issues alert of jury scam
Daily Herald report
Jun 16, 2018 1:00 AM - Lake County Chief Judge Jay Ukena Friday issued an alert of a scam where several people were called Thursday by a man pretending to be a Lake County sheriff's deputy saying they have failed to appear for jury duty.
Lake County sheriff: Man sold drugs, gun to undercover officers
By Doug T. Graham
Jun 15, 2018 3:17 PM - A 25-year-old Chicago man faces multiple drug and weapons charges following a monthslong investigation, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said Friday.
New trial denied in Lincolnshire day care murder case; supreme court next
By Harry Hitzeman
Jun 11, 2018 5:56 PM - A woman convicted of murdering a 16-month-old boy in 2009 at a Lincolnshire day care center will appeal her case to the state's Supreme Court, arguing prosecutors withheld higher quality X-ray evidence that could have cast doubt on the verdict. Melissa Calusinski is serving a 31-year prison term; her appeal for a new trial was denied Monday.
Armed man taken into custody
Daily Herald report
Jun 7, 2018 2:02 PM - A man armed with a gun and experiencing a mental crisis was taken into custody by Lake County Sheriff deputies Thursday, authorities said.
Three cited for selling tobacco products to underage people in Lake County
By Lee Filas
Jun 6, 2018 12:54 PM - Three people have been cited for selling tobacco products to underaged people in Lake County, the Lake County Sheriff's Office has announced.
Sheriff: Zion man impersonated police officer, tried to buy gun
By Doug T. Graham
Jun 5, 2018 8:07 PM - A Zion man has been charged with a felony after police said he impersonated a police officer and tried to buy a gun, authorities said Tuesday. Marquise C. Lewis, 21, was charged Monday with false personation of a peace officer, a class 4 felony.
Is attacking a cop a hate crime? New federal law would give police similar protections

Jun 1, 2018 5:30 AM - Federal hate crime laws provide added protections for those violently attacked because of their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability, and allows added punishment for their assailants. Is it time we gave cops those same protections?
Gliniewicz scores small court victory, case returns to appellate court
By Lee Filas
May 31, 2018 7:26 PM - The widow of Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz scored a small victory in court Thursday after a Lake County judge ruled against reopening a previous decision made about text and email messages she had with her now-deceased husband.
Judge: No new trial in latest Lake County DNA case
By Lee Filas
May 31, 2018 6:15 PM - A Chicago man serving an 80-year prison sentence for the murder of a North Chicago man should not receive a new trial despite a lack of his DNA on any evidence tested at the gruesome crime scene, a Lake County judge ruled Thursday.

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