Lake County Crime
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Palatine police expected to take overnight calls from Harper CollegeMay 04, 2021 5:30 am - The Palatine Police Department is expected to begin responding to overnight calls from Harper College later this year or early next year. The village council gave its co...
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Police body cameras could cost Buffalo Grove $300,000, chief saysMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove Police Chief Steven Casstevens told the village board Monday that the body camera mandate in the state's criminal justice reform bill will cost the village...
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Pharmacy tech charged with aggravated battery at Hoffman Estates imaging centerMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - A 41-year-old Deerfield man who police say injected a contrast solution into a patient at a Hoffman Estates imaging center without having the training or license to do s...
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Wheeling man charged with assaulting girl over 10 years held without bailMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - A 51-year-old Wheeling man was ordered held without bail on charges he sexually assaulted a girl over the course of a decade. Vincente Almanza, 51, is charged with one c...
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FBI, police raid home near Grayslake as part of child sex assault investigationMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - FBI agents and officers from the Grayslake Police Department and the Lake County sheriff's office conducted a raid on a home near Grayslake as part of an ongoing sexual ...
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Sheriff: Beach Park man arrested after stepping out of vehicle with gunMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - A Beach Park man who stepped out of his vehicle with a gun during a traffic stop was shot with a Taser before his arrest Monday night and later pepper sprayed while resi...
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What prospective jurors need to know as jury trials resume in Cook CountyMay 03, 2021 5:30 am - The reprieve from jury duty at the Rolling Meadows Third Municipal District Courthouse is about to end. Monday marks the resumption of criminal jury trials in Rolling M...
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Appellate court orders release of thrice-convicted Kenneth SmithApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - Kenneth Smith, who has served nearly 20 years of a 67-year prison sentence for the 2001 murder of a McHenry restaurant owner, was granted "immediate" release from prison...
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Lake Villa man facing drug, weapons chargesApr 27, 2021 1:00 am - A 38-year-old Lake Villa man, who was out on bond related to a felony drug arrest less than a year ago, is now facing additional drug and weapons charges following a joi...
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Judge finds Island Lake woman guilty in 2016 'revenge porn' caseApr 26, 2021 1:00 am - A McHenry County judge on Monday found an Island Lake woman guilty of distributing sexually explicit photos that her fiance received from another woman. Attorneys gave c...