Lake County Crime
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'We may both be leaving in body bags': Disturbing details about Delnor standoff emergeSep 28, 2018 5:00 am - “Sorry you're in this (expletive), but depending on what the cops say, we may both be leaving (in) body bags.” That's Tywon Salters talking to the nurse he'd taken hosta...
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Island Lake police chief put on administrative leave during investigationSep 28, 2018 1:00 am - Island Lake Police Chief Anthony Sciarrone has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation into the department, officials confirmed Friday. Pol...
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Lake Villa Township teen charged in fatal June hit-and-run crashSep 28, 2018 1:00 am - A Lake Villa Township teen has been charged in a June hit-and-run crash that killed an Antioch man, authorities said Friday. Abby C. Hansen, 18, of the 37000 block of N...
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3 years' prison for Elgin man's 4th DUI convictionSep 27, 2018 1:00 am - An Elgin man arrested earlier this year for the sixth time on charges of driving under the influence has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to...
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No bail for Deerfield man charged in wife's slayingSep 26, 2018 11:00 pm - A Lake County judge ordered a Deerfield man accused of handcuffing, assaulting and fatally stabbing his wife to remain behind bars with no bail. Judge Paul Novak was du...
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Former Schaumburg High teacher charged with sexually assaulting student in 2001Sep 26, 2018 1:00 am - Bail was set at $50,000 Wednesday for a former Schaumburg High School teacher accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old female student in 2001, police said. Ronald L....
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Vernon Hills cautions residents after burglariesSep 26, 2018 1:00 am - Vernon Hills police are investigating a string of home burglaries in three subdivisions. Two break-ins occurred in Centennial Crossing, three in Stone Fence Farm and one...
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Authorities: Shoplifting tequila leads to eventual arrest of man eluding policeSep 26, 2018 1:00 am - Tequila apparently was the downfall of a man who Round Lake Park police say had eluded them for several days. Officers had been looking for Gary E. Reiher, 33, because ...
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Prosecutors to refile charges against teen in Great America attackSep 25, 2018 1:00 am - Criminal charges will be refiled against a Waukegan man accused of starting a fight that injured a family at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. Lake County State's Atto...
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Coroner: Man found dead in Wauconda field likely wasn't murderedSep 25, 2018 1:00 am - A 41-year-old Buffalo Grove man whose body was found in a Wauconda soybean field near his bloody car likely wasn't murdered, authorities said Tuesday. An autopsy reveale...