Lake County Crime
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Judge placed on administrative duty after putting child in adult lock-upFeb 27, 2020 12:00 am - A self-proclaimed "lock-'em-up" Cook County judge has been placed on "administrative duty" after surveillance video surfaced of her putting a child in a courtroom lock-u...
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Waukegan man 'no longer employed' by Dist. 117, suspended by Dist. 46 after arrestFeb 26, 2020 12:00 am - A Waukegan man has been suspended from one school district and is "no longer employed" by another after he was arrested in a Lake County prostitution sting, officials sa...
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Demolition set for AJ Freund's home in Crystal LakeFeb 26, 2020 12:00 am - The Crystal Lake house where authorities say 5-year-old AJ Freund was killed by his parents last spring is scheduled to be torn down starting Friday. Demolition of the c...
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Grant Township man pleads guilty to murder for strangling wifeFeb 25, 2020 12:00 am - A Round Lake-area man accused of strangling his wife during an argument pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in Lake County court Tuesday. Under the terms of the plea a...
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Embattled Mettawa Mayor Casey Urlacher resigns from Illinois Civil Service CommissionFeb 23, 2020 12:00 am - Mettawa Mayor Casey Urlacher resigned from his post on the Illinois Civil Service Commission on Friday, a day after federal prosecutors named him as one of 10 defendants...
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Standoff suspect now facing sex assault, child porn chargesFeb 22, 2020 12:00 am - A McHenry man who barricaded himself inside of a Crystal Lake home's bathroom for several hours Friday evening is now facing multiple felony charges, including sexual as...
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Police leaders say a new state law is leading to less training for officersFeb 21, 2020 4:30 am - Call it the law of unintended consequences. The law in this case - House Bill 4594, aka The Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act - was billed as a much-needed check on es...
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Urlacher's political future unclear after gambling indictmentFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - Mettawa Mayor Casey Urlacher's political future remains unclear a day after it was announced he and nine others were indicted on federal gambling, money laundering and c...
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McHenry man arrested after standoff with police in Crystal LakeFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - A standoff that began when a man barricaded himself in a Crystal Lake home and threatened police officers with a knife ended peacefully Friday evening when the man surre...
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Lincolnshire man faces five counts of child pornography possessionFeb 20, 2020 12:00 am - A grand jury has indicted a Lincolnshire man on five counts of child pornography possession. According to court documents, Malay S. Vasavda, 47, of Robin Hood Court, pos...