Lake County Crime
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DuPage jail's welding program yields first inmates graduating with 'hope and purpose'Jul 19, 2019 5:33 am - How often do you see a sheriff hugging jail inmates? It happened Wednesday at the DuPage County jail as Sheriff Jim Mendrick congratulated the first graduates of a new a...
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Police seize 1,900 counterfeit items at Buffalo Grove store; owner chargedJul 19, 2019 1:00 am - A woman has been charged with selling counterfeit luxury goods at her Buffalo Grove store after police seized more than 1,900 items, according to a Buffalo Grove police ...
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Executives of Wood Dale manufacturer charged with fraudJul 19, 2019 1:00 am - Three executives of a Wood Dale-based engine-manufacturing company are facing federal fraud charges after prosecutors say they schemed to artificially inflate the firm's...
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Police: Son charged with murder after Beach Park man attacked with garden shearsJul 19, 2019 1:00 am - A 70-year-old Beach Park man died Friday afternoon, less than 24 hours after being attacked with garden shears by his 21-year-old son during a domestic disagreement, Lak...
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Sex assault and child porn suspect indictedJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - An Oak Forest man was indicted Wednesday in a Lake County child molestation and pornography case. Jason Akai, 44, was charged with two felony counts of predatory crimina...
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Sheriff: Worker stole $28,000 from Domino's PizzaJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - A Lake County man faces a theft charge alleging he stole about $28,000 from the Domino's Pizza restaurant where he worked, authorities said Thursday. Radley M. Kuersten,...
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Lake Geneva woman charged with robbing Antioch Taco Bell sentenced to probationJul 17, 2019 1:00 am - A 21-year-old Lake Geneva woman who was charged in March with taking money from an Antioch Taco Bell and demanding money from an employee at an Antioch Culver's five day...
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Report deems AJ's father mentally fit to stand trialJul 17, 2019 1:00 am - Andrew Freund is mentally fit to stand trial on murder and other charges stemming from the death in April of his 5-year-old son, AJ, a psychological report shows. Court-...
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Lake Zurich trustee arrested for DUI pleads to reduced chargeJul 16, 2019 1:00 am - Lake Zurich village Trustee Jim Beaudoin pleaded guilty Tuesday to a reduced charge stemming from his arrest earlier this year on a driving under the influence charge. B...
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Police: Gurnee man charged after crashing into tree while fleeing sheriff's deputyJul 16, 2019 1:00 am - A Gurnee man faces weapons, drunk driving and other charges after authorities say he crashed his car into as tree Monday while trying to flee from a Lake County sheriff'...