Lake County Crime
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86 years prison for 2nd man in 2017 McHenry-area murder, home invasionMay 24, 2019 1:00 am - A Wonder Lake man was sentenced Friday to 86 years in prison for his role in a May 2017 home invasion, murder and burglary at a McHenry-area house. A jury last month con...
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10 years prison for man who carjacked 83-year-old woman, tried to run down Algonquin copsMay 24, 2019 1:00 am - A McHenry County man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after admitting to carjacking a vehicle driven by an 83-year-old woman and trying to run over Algonquin pol...
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Trial date set for Wisconsin man accused of causing explosion during drunken rageMay 23, 2019 1:00 am - A Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, man is scheduled to go to trial June 24 on accusations he set a diesel-fuel storage tank on fire in Antioch during a drunken rage. John J. Nola...
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Authorities: Man killed woman over argument about money for PlayStationMay 21, 2019 1:00 am - An argument over selling a PlayStation video game system was behind the killing of a 48-year-old Round Lake Beach woman in her house, authorities said Tuesday. Alonzo C...
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Man guilty of $75K Geneva identity theft arrested in Gurnee drug caseMay 21, 2019 1:00 am - A man awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to stealing about $75,000 from a Geneva attorney has been charged with felony marijuana and hydrocodone charges out of Gu...
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Trains resume after Barrington police investigate suspicious packageMay 21, 2019 1:00 am - Metra train traffic along the Union Pacific/Northwest Line has resumed after Barrington police investigated a reported suspicious package Tuesday afternoon, Metra offici...
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Inverness boy remains hospitalized as investigation into hit-and-run continuesMay 20, 2019 1:00 am - A 13-year-old Inverness boy severely injured in a weekend hit-and-run, then dropped off at his home by an unknown person remains hospitalized in serious but stable condi...
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Racist graffiti spray-painted on Wauconda playground equipmentMay 20, 2019 1:00 am - Anti-Semitic and racist graffiti was spray-painted on playground equipment at two Wauconda parks over the weekend. The damage occurred Saturday night or early Sunday at ...
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Drug-induced homicide charges in death of St. Charles-area manMay 20, 2019 1:00 am - An Elgin man is held on $500,000 bail after he was charged with providing a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin to 25-year-old Trevor Brubaker, who was found in his St. ...
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Man gets life in prison for deadly baseball bat attack on wife, stepson in Beach ParkMay 20, 2019 1:00 am - Calling the brutal double murder "despicable" and "shocking," a Lake County judge on Monday sentenced a Beach Park man to life in prison for viciously beating his wife a...