Lake County Crime
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Lake County inmate charged with attacking correctional officerApr 05, 2022 1:00 am - A Lake County jail inmate is facing a felony charge after officials say he battered a female correctional officer in February. Larry Hall, 37, is charged with aggravated...
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Police: Teen charged after fleeing scene of suspected street race in BartlettApr 05, 2022 1:00 am - Bartlett police officers called to investigate a report of several vehicles setting up a street race early Saturday arrested a 16-year-old boy on charges of fleeing or a...
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Springfield rally to call attention to 'souls lost in DCFS'Apr 04, 2022 11:00 pm - Members of a group calling itself "Roar for AJ" will rally Thursday at the state Capitol to call attention to what members consider ongoing failures by the Department of...
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Barrington Hills police ask for help identifying burglary suspectApr 04, 2022 1:00 am - The Barrington Hills Police Department is looking for information on the identity of a burglary suspect caught in a surveillance photo. At 2:52 a.m. Monday, police respo...
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Wheaton man faces child porn, sex offender registry chargesApr 02, 2022 1:00 am - A Wheaton man is charged with possession of child pornography and failure to update his address as a sex offender. Sean M. Waffird, 28, formerly of Waukegan, was charged...
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McHenry County judge to weigh whether petition filed by AJ Freund's mother has meritApr 01, 2022 11:00 pm - A McHenry County judge said Friday that he has 90 days to decide whether the post-conviction petition filed by a Crystal Lake woman serving 35 years in prison for killin...
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'Phone a friend': Cook County sheriff, Northbrook police partner on crisis intervention programApr 01, 2022 5:30 am - In a way, there is now a social worker in every Northbrook police squad car. A new partnership with the Cook County sheriff's Treatment Response Team is bolstering the p...
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'These crimes are not random': Lawmakers targeting crime rings behind smash-and-grab robberiesApr 01, 2022 5:30 am - Participating in a crime ring that steals from stores - like the smash-and-grab robberies we've seen at area malls over the past year - could soon be a felony, under a b...
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Former Skokie flight attendant charged with possession of child pornographyApr 01, 2022 1:00 am - A flight attendant who prosecutors say had cloud storage accounts containing more than 50,000 files of child sexual abuse material was ordered held on $10,000 bail and c...
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Sheriff's office: Sex offender found living within 500 feet of Lake Zurich school, churchMar 30, 2022 1:00 am - A 73-year-old man was apprehended by officers last week after they determined he'd been living in a Lake Zurich home within 500 feet of a school and church, a violation ...