Lake County Crime
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Why police in suburbs, nation are facing a shortage of new recruitsFeb 15, 2019 4:03 am - With its sweeping drone shots, slickly produced action sequences and a heartwarming subplot, the latest Illinois State Police recruitment video could reasonably be mista...
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Safer, but still scared: How suburban students feel one year after Parkland shootingFeb 14, 2019 4:30 am - Editor's note: This story has been changed to correct a mistake in the name of the Parkland, Florida high school. The correct name is Marjory Stoneman Douglas High Sc...
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Woodstock man sent to prison for 7 years for cocaine, DUIFeb 14, 2019 12:00 am - A 32-year-old Woodstock man has been sentenced to seven years in prison - six for a cocaine charge after authorities searched his residence in 2017 and another for a fel...
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Lake Forest High assistant athletic director charged with theftFeb 14, 2019 12:00 am - A Lake Forest High School assistant athletic director faces a theft charge alleging he stole nearly $2,300 from a fund for school intramurals, authorities said. Christo...
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Grant Township man pleads not guilty to strangling his wifeFeb 14, 2019 12:00 am - A Round Lake-area man accused of strangling his wife during an argument pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges in Lake County court Thursday. James Ruman, 52...
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Elgin police: Man stole BMW from driveway, sparked drunken chase before crashFeb 14, 2019 12:00 am - A McHenry man who was found not guilty of setting a homeless woman on fire after she refused to have sex with him in 2014 is now held on charges he stole a BMW from an E...
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Accuser's phone data given to Sauer attorneysFeb 13, 2019 12:00 am - Lake County prosecutors have turned over computer discs containing data pulled from the phone of one of two women accusing former state lawmaker Nick Sauer of posting th...
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Driver hits state trooper's vehicle stopped along I-94Feb 13, 2019 12:00 am - An Illinois State Police trooper was injured Tuesday when a driver struck his vehicle. The trooper was stopped on the left shoulder of the northbound lanes of Interstat...
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Chicago man charged in fatal hit-and-run crash in WaukeganFeb 13, 2019 12:00 am - A 26-year-old Chicago man is charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death stemming from a hit-and-run crash Feb. 3 in Waukegan. Abdul Baloch also fa...
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Buffalo Grove HS students win police safe driving video contestFeb 12, 2019 12:00 am - Arlington Heights police recognized a group of Buffalo Grove High School students Tuesday for producing a public service announcement to promote safe driving in the comm...