Lake County Crime
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Trooper killed by wrong-way driver on I-94 saved a person's life about a week beforeApr 01, 2019 1:00 am - A 44-year-old Calumet City man had alcohol in his system as he drove in the wrong direction on Interstate 94 and slammed into Gerald "Jerry" Ellis' Illinois State Police...
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Lake County man faces felony drug, gun chargesMar 31, 2019 1:00 am - A Lake County man faces felony drug and gun charges after authorities say they found "significant amounts" of heroin and cocaine at his home Friday. Robert Windom III, 3...
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Lake Zurich cops investigating attempted heistMar 31, 2019 1:00 am - Lake Zurich police are still investigating an attempted armed robbery at a gas station about 3 p.m. March 23, authorities said. Police were called to the 400 block of S...
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Man arrested, charged with attempted carjacking in Elgin, pushing womanMar 30, 2019 1:00 am - A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged with trying to carjack a vehicle in Elgin Friday afternoon, pushing a mom and her child to the ground and punching anothe...
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Trooper killed in crash on I-94 near LibertyvilleMar 29, 2019 11:00 pm - An Illinois State trooper was killed in a crash early Saturday morning on I-94 in Lake County. Trooper Gerald Ellis was traveling home in his squad car when he was struc...
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He didn't kill anyone, so why does a court say Round Lake man belongs locked up for murder?Mar 29, 2019 5:30 am - Jose Rebollar-Vergara didn't kill anyone. He didn't even know a shooting was about to happen when he and a fellow gang member met up with a teen they mistook for a rival...
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Lake County jail inmate choked in jail fight diesMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - A Lake County jail inmate who suffered strokelike symptoms after being choked by another inmate has died, authorities said. Jeffrey R. Weiss, 60, of the 300 block of So...
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Police: Drunken driver was going 75 in 30 mph zone in Elgin crash that killed twoMar 28, 2019 1:00 am - A Glendale Heights man charged in a March 20 DUI crash in Elgin that killed two people was going more than twice the speed limit and had a blood-alcohol concentration mo...
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Antioch area man charged in attempted restaurant burglaryMar 28, 2019 1:00 am - An Antioch area man has been charged after trying to burglarize a restaurant, authorities said Wednesday. Lake County sheriff's deputies were called to the 26200 block ...
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Man charged in slaying of McHenry County deputy now faces 75 state chargesMar 27, 2019 1:00 am - A man accused of killing a McHenry County sheriff's deputy now faces state as well as federal murder charges. A Winnebago County grand jury has indicted Floyd E. Brown o...