Lake County Crime
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Disbarred attorney convicted of murdering his bride in 1973 dies in prisonSep 16, 2022 1:00 am - Donnie Rudd, convicted four years ago of murdering Noreen Kumeta, his 19-year-old bride, along a lonely road in Barrington Hills less than a month after their 1973 weddi...
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Lockdown at Barrington High lifted after police arrest student carrying gunSep 16, 2022 1:00 am - Barrington High School was put on lockdown Friday morning before police arrested a student who was carrying a pellet gun, officials said. Students reported to school adm...
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Lake Forest man charged with 10 counts of child pornography possessionSep 14, 2022 1:00 am - A 41-year-old Lake Forest man was indicted on 10 counts of child pornography possession Wednesday, officials said. The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force told t...
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Former Lake County deputy charged with falsifying timesheets to get $4,000 in unearned paySep 14, 2022 1:00 am - A former Lake County sheriff's deputy is charged with falsifying more than a dozen timesheets to earn more than $4,000 for overtime hours he did not work, authorities sa...
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Police: Ingleside man beat woman on his boat near Fox Lake after she asked to return to shoreSep 13, 2022 1:00 am - An Ingleside man, who police say attacked and choked a woman on his boat after she asked to return to shore, is charged with domestic battery and unlawful restraint. A L...
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Huntley, Lake in the Hills teens accused of torturing raccoon, posting it on social mediaSep 13, 2022 1:00 am - Two McHenry County teenagers are charged with torturing a raccoon with a garden rake, hammer and sword, recording the animal in "agony" and posting it on social media, a...
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Chicago man to serve 65 years in prison for fatal Waukegan shootingSep 12, 2022 1:00 am - A Lake County judge sentenced a Chicago man to serve 65 years in prison for a 2020 shooting in Waukegan that authorities attributed to road rage. Sheldon Brown, 34, plea...
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League of Women Voters hosting forum on reducing gun violenceSep 11, 2022 1:00 am - The League of Women Voters of Lake County is hosting a virtual forum "Reducing the Plague of Gun Violence, Here, There, Everywhere" at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Speakers are Jose...
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Round Lake Beach man accused of locking ex-partner in barn sentenced to periodic imprisonmentSep 09, 2022 1:00 am - A Round Lake Beach man accused of abducting and assaulting an ex-partner before locking her in a barn near Mundelein in March has been sentenced to two years of periodic...
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Online fundraiser launched for Highland Park couple whom authorities say son killedSep 09, 2022 1:00 am - An online fundraiser has been launched to pay for the funeral costs of a Highland Park couple who authorities say were murdered Wednesday by one of their sons. Ronald Go...