Lake County Crime
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Mother charged in 2003 murder of newborn twins, bodies dumped in trash bin near StickneyDec 05, 2020 12:00 am - Inspired by news in 2018 of the arrest of the Golden State killer 32 years after his crime spree based on a DNA search for familial connections, Cook County sheriff's De...
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Beware of dog: Pet scams surge as demand for 'quarantine puppies' risesDec 04, 2020 4:30 am - Scam artists have no qualms about tugging on our heartstrings, and that includes when we're getting a fluffy kitten or playful “quarantine” puppy to keep us company as w...
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Court: Enough evidence to send Rittenhouse to trial in Kenosha protest shootingsDec 03, 2020 12:00 am - There is enough evidence to warrant a trial for an Antioch teen accused of killing two men and wounding a third during a night of unrest in Wisconsin, a court commission...
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Nine charged in Carol Stream attackDec 03, 2020 12:00 am - Nine people have been charged with attacking a man in a Carol Stream apartment Tuesday night. Patricia Soto, 55, of the 6400 block of 27th Street in Berwyn; Raymundo Fra...
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Rittenhouse due back in court todayDec 02, 2020 11:01 pm - KENOSHA, Wis. - An Antioch teen accused of killing two men during an August protest in Wisconsin is due in court today for a preliminary hearing in the case. Kyle Ritten...
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Cook County homicides top 900 mark in 2020: What's happened in Northwest suburbsDec 01, 2020 12:00 am - Cook County has recorded 902 homicides this year, marking the first time since 2016 and just the second time in nearly a quarter-century that the 900 mark has been reach...
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Des Plaines police have no record of investigating Lake Zurich pastor accused of sex abuseNov 30, 2020 12:00 am - Des Plaines police officials said they have no record of investigating the Rev. David Ryan, the pastor at Lake Zurich's St. Francis de Sales Catholic Parish who has been...
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Highland Park man who ran illegal sportsbook sent to prisonNov 30, 2020 12:00 am - Daily Herald correspondent A Highland Park man butcher who ran an illegal sports bookmaking business was sentenced to a year in federal prison Monday. Domenic Poeta, 63...
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Police dog Dax finds stabbing suspect, crime victim on consecutive nightsNov 27, 2020 12:00 am - Dax, one of the celebrated police dogs employed by the Lake County sheriff's office, helped police find a woman who was evading officers in Round Lake after a stabbing e...
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Second man arrested in Gurnee-area murderNov 25, 2020 12:00 am - A second person has been charged in connection with the May 29 murder of a 21-year-old man in unincorporated Lake County near Gurnee. Lake County Sheriff's police said J...