Lake County Crime
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Lindenhurst man accused of stealing school equipment, selling it on eBayMay 21, 2021 1:00 am - After a six-month investigation by Gurnee detectives, a Woodland School District 50 employee has been charged in connection with the sale of more than $105,000 in school...
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U.S. attorney who started Operation Greylord dies at 91May 21, 2021 1:00 am - When U.S. Attorney Thomas P. Sullivan took the first steps to begin what would become the legendary Cook County corruption probe known as Operation Greylord, he knew its...
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Judge allows travel request for former child welfare worker charged in AJ Freund caseMay 20, 2021 1:00 am - Former child welfare worker and sitting McHenry County Board member Carlos Acosta will be allowed to travel to Texas this summer to help a family member move. Acosta mad...
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Libertyville businessman admits to tax evasionMay 20, 2021 1:00 am - A businessman from Libertyville pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to evading more than $2.4 million in income taxes, according to a news release from the U.S. att...
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Rittenhouse due to make in-person court appearance FridayMay 20, 2021 1:00 am - MADISON, Wis. - Kyle Rittenhouse, the Antioch teenager accused of murdering two people during the chaotic protests that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wi...
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Prosecutor: Palatine man assaulted woman, bound her to forklift after kidnappingMay 20, 2021 1:00 am - A 20-year-old Palatine man who prosecutors say kidnapped, sexually assaulted and beat a woman in Lake Barrington - at one point binding her to a forklift - was ordered h...
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Palatine man charged with kidnapping, sexually assaulting woman in Lake BarringtonMay 19, 2021 1:00 am - Police on Wednesday apprehended a 20-year-old Palatine man accused of kidnapping, battering and sexually assaulting a woman in Lake Barrington. Ryan Storm, of the 500 bl...
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Defense expert: Marni Yang too short to have murdered Rhoni ReuterMay 18, 2021 1:00 am - A world-renowned forensic pathologist concluded there is no way Marni Yang could have fatally shot Rhoni Reuter in 2007, according to documents Yang's defense team filed...
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Police arrest Chicago man in Marengo Circle K robberyMay 18, 2021 1:00 am - McHenry County sheriff's office and federal law enforcement authorities arrested a 26-year-old Chicago man Monday on felony allegations connected to the Feb. 24 shooting...
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More than a game: How Cook County is using chess to prepare inmates for life on the outsideMay 14, 2021 5:30 am - For at least a little while this week, the seven men wearing khaki scrubs with "DOC" emblazoned in big black letters across the back weren't just inmates in the Cook Cou...