Lake County Crime
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Vernon Hills financial planner who defrauded clients sent to prisonMar 18, 2019 1:00 am - A financial planner from Vernon Hills who stole money set aside by clients for their retirement years has been sentenced to five years in prison. Victim Lovadore Bode on...
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Beach Park man guilty of double murder in bat beating caseMar 18, 2019 1:00 am - It took less than an hour for a Lake County jury to find Armando Trejo Jr. guilty of first-degree murder in the bludgeoning deaths of his wife and stepson. The jury als...
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How Lake County is working with schools to save time, lives in crisis situationsMar 15, 2019 5:30 am - When it comes to protecting students in a school crisis, every second counts. That's what officials in the Lake County sheriff's office and Mundelein-based Fremont Eleme...
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Waukegan man found guilty of first-degree murderMar 15, 2019 1:00 am - A Waukegan man was found guilty of killing a North Chicago man after an argument inside a bar in 2018. Andre Jones, 35, of the 1700 block of Longview Road, was convicted...
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Officials hope decrease in opioid deaths continues in McHenry, suburban CookMar 14, 2019 5:30 am - It's a result McHenry County officials hope will continue: fewer opioid overdose deaths in 2018 than 2017, the first such decrease in four years. The county recorded 44 ...
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'Everything happened so fast': Lake County man testifies during his murder trialMar 14, 2019 1:00 am - Armando Trejo told the Lake County jury at his murder trial Thursday that “everything happened so fast” and “I couldn't think clearly” the night he repeatedly struck his...
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Waukegan man faces felony drug chargesMar 13, 2019 1:00 am - A 23-year-old Waukegan man faces several felony drug charges after being arrested during a traffic stop Tuesday in Round Lake Park, police said. Andrew Camacho, of the ...
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First responders testify about scene after Beach Park baseball bat killingsMar 13, 2019 1:00 am - Armando Trejo was calm while locked in handcuffs moments after a Lake County sheriff's deputy discovered two people in the house had been fatally beaten with an aluminum...
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Trejo murder trial begins with dueling versions of what prompted attackMar 12, 2019 1:00 am - Fearing his wife would leave after she discovered his infidelity days earlier, Armando Trejo repeatedly struck her and her son with an aluminum baseball bat, prosecutors...
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Authorities: Father bit baby girl because she wouldn't fall asleepMar 12, 2019 1:00 am - A Lake Villa Township man is facing multiple charges alleging he bit his 10-month-old daughter out of anger because she would not fall asleep, Lake County authorities sa...