Lake County Crime
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Lake County man charged after police find weed, opioid pills, loaded AK-47 during traffic stopOct 14, 2020 1:00 am - A Lake County man faces charges after DeKalb police say during a traffic stop they found him with three bags of marijuana, eight Oxycodone pills and a loaded AK-47 in hi...
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Waukegan 'road rage' shooting victim identified as Beach Park manOct 13, 2020 1:00 am - The Lake County coroner's office has identified the 38-year-old man who was killed late Friday night in a Waukegan "road rage" shooting. The preliminary autopsy revealed...
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Authorities: Antioch teen obtained rifle used in Kenosha shootings in WisconsinOct 13, 2020 1:00 am - The rifle used by Antioch teen Kyle Rittenhouse in the killing of two men and wounding of another during protests in Kenosha was "purchased, stored and used" in Wisconsi...
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Man charged with murder in Waukegan 'road rage' shootingOct 12, 2020 1:00 am - A Chicago man has been charged with first-degree murder in a Waukegan shooting attributed to "road rage," authorities said Monday. Sheldon Brown, 33, was arrested Satur...
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Kane County sheriff, jail inmates talk reform and recidivism on new podcastOct 09, 2020 5:30 am - Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain has added another tool to his reform efforts at the Kane County jail: a podcast on which he interviews detainees. "A Sheriff and His Inmates...
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Van Dyke's appeal dismissed at his own requestOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke's appeal of his 2018 conviction for killing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014 was dismissed Friday following Van Dyke's ow...
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Former Buffalo Grove businessman charged in gun export scheme to UkraineOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - The former owner of a Buffalo Grove-based drilling equipment distributorship is charged with illegally exporting various gun parts to Ukraine over a three-year span. Gle...
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Hearing challenging detention of Antioch teen charged with Kenosha homicides set for Oct. 30Oct 09, 2020 1:00 am - The Antioch teenager charged with fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during civil unrest this summer in Kenosha, Wisconsin remains in a Lake County juvenile d...
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Former teacher gets probation for inappropriate online conversation with girlOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story was changed to correct the headline and information regarding a female student who reported she was contacted by in a chat room by Matthew ...
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Defense says extraditing Antioch teen would 'turn him over to mob'Oct 08, 2020 1:00 am - Extraditing a 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters in Kenosha would "turn him over to the mob" in Wisconsin, defense attorneys argued in court records Thursday....