Lake County Crime
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Police: Mundelein man made bogus active shooter call to get out of work earlyMay 07, 2019 1:00 am - An employee at a Mundelein meat processing plant faces a felony charge alleging he called 911 Monday and falsely claimed a gunman was in the building as part of a scheme...
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Lyft driver from Wheeling accused of kidnapping passenger, assaulting her twiceMay 06, 2019 1:00 am - A driver for a ride-sharing company has been charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a passenger in the Northwest suburbs. Alexander P. Sowa, 34, of Wheeling was...
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What can fight crime? Preschools, report says. The more, the better.May 03, 2019 5:20 am - The key to reducing crime across Illinois isn't more cops on the streets, bigger jails, tougher laws or harsher punishments. It's better preschools, and more of them. At...
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Public defender will represent father in AJ's murder caseMay 03, 2019 1:00 am - A special public defender has been appointed for Andrew Freund Sr., who has been charged with murdering his 5-year old son, AJ. Freund, 60, appeared Friday morning in Mc...
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Warrant: AJ's father says his mother killed the boyMay 01, 2019 1:00 am - AJ Freund's father led authorities to his grave. That's according to a search warrant for the land where AJ was found last week. In the warrant, obtained by the Daily He...
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'Our little superhero': Relatives say they weren't allowed to see AJ Freund for more than a yearApr 30, 2019 1:00 am - AJ Freund's extended family, including the cousin who raised and fostered him for the first 18 months of his life, issued a statement Tuesday thanking the community and ...
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Foxx says there's no need for special prosecutor in Smollett caseApr 30, 2019 1:00 am - Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx says that neither she nor her top deputy needs to appear at a hearing this week on a former judge's request to appoint a special pr...
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Authorities move to terminate parental rights of couple charged in AJ Freund's deathApr 29, 2019 1:00 am - The parents of slain 5-year-old AJ Freund of Crystal Lake appeared in court Monday as authorities moved to terminate the couple's parental rights to their other child an...
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Wisconsin man charged with arson in Antioch fireApr 27, 2019 1:00 am - A Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, man has been charged with committing arson, accused of setting a diesel-fuel storage tank on fire in a drunken rage April 7. Lake County Sheriff...
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Deputies hailed as heroes after helping victims of Beach Park chemical leakApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - The police officers and firefighters who were injured while responding to a poisonous chemical leak in Beach Park Thursday are being hailed as heroes. "This type of even...