Lake County Crime
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Jacob Keltner among fallen officers honored Tuesday in DuPage CountyMay 14, 2019 1:00 am - In his 22 years as a DuPage County sheriff's deputy, Sheriff James Mendrick attended several police remembrance ceremonies. This year, though, was different. For the fi...
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Waukegan man found guilty of murderMay 14, 2019 1:00 am - A Lake County jury found a Waukegan man guilty of first degree murder for killing a teenager in 2016. Willie C. Jackson, 20, of Waukegan now faces up to 85 years in pri...
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Authorities: Man set his car on fire after running out of gasMay 13, 2019 1:00 am - A Waukegan man was charged with setting his own car on fire in Beach Park after he became upset that it ran out of gas while he was driving on Kenosha Road, Lake County ...
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Island Lake man charged with DUI after Wisconsin crashesMay 13, 2019 1:00 am - A 25-year-old Island Lake man faces driving while intoxicated and hit-and-run charges after he drove the wrong way down a Wisconsin highway Sunday morning, causing a pai...
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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...