Lake County Crime
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Man gets 71 years in prison for 2017 McHenry-area home invasion, murderMay 13, 2019 1:00 am - A McCollum Lake man has been sentenced to 71 years in prison for the May 2017 home invasion and fatal shooting of a 52-year-old McHenry-area man and terrorizing his wife...
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Sauer's attorneys asking for more evidence from prosecutorsMay 13, 2019 1:00 am - Lawyers for a former state lawmaker accused of posting lewd images of two ex-girlfriends on the internet without their consent will ask that Lake County prosecutors turn...
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Family begs prosecutor to review conviction based ID by legally blind witnessMay 13, 2019 1:00 am - Nakesha Harris stood on the street outside Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's office Monday, with tears in her eyes and her arms wrapped around a framed portrait of...
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North Chicago man, 18, charged in May 4 slayingMay 12, 2019 1:00 am - An 18-year-old man faces first-degree murder charges stemming from last weekend's killing of a man shot to death in a North Chicago neighborhood, authorities said Sunday...
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Parents of slain 5-year-old AJ Freund plead not guiltyMay 10, 2019 1:00 am - The parents of 5-year-old AJ Freund pleaded not guilty Friday to first-degree murder and other charges in connection with the Crystal Lake boy's beating death. Through ...
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Lake Villa Township teen sentenced to probation, jail for leaving the scene of a fatal crashMay 10, 2019 1:00 am - A Lake Villa Township teen was sentenced to two years probation and one year of periodic imprisonment for leaving the scene of a fatal crash in June, lawyers said Friday...
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Murder or self-defense the question in Lake County trialMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - A Lake County jury will decide whether the 2016 killing of a teenager shot by a man with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle was self-defense or murder. Willie C. Jackson, 20,...
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Former Grainger IT specialist sent to prison for hackingMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - A three-year prison sentence has been handed down to a man found guilty of hacking the servers of a Lake Forest company after he was fired. Edward Soybel, a former compu...
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Police: Mundelein man made bogus active shooter call to get out of work earlyMay 07, 2019 1:00 am - An employee at a Mundelein meat processing plant faces a felony charge alleging he called 911 Monday and falsely claimed a gunman was in the building as part of a scheme...
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Lyft driver from Wheeling accused of kidnapping passenger, assaulting her twiceMay 06, 2019 1:00 am - A driver for a ride-sharing company has been charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a passenger in the Northwest suburbs. Alexander P. Sowa, 34, of Wheeling was...