Lake County Crime
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Man sentenced to 7½ years for indoor marijuana grow in ElburnSep 12, 2018 11:00 pm - A Grayslake man, who was arrested in the spring after authorities uncovered a 200-plant indoor marijuana grow operation at an Elburn warehouse and seized 68 pounds of po...
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Sheriff: Driver made up carjacking claim after crashing into two homesSep 12, 2018 1:00 am - A Warren Township man crashed his pickup truck into two homes near Gages Lake early Tuesday morning then falsely reported he'd been the victim of a carjacking, authoriti...
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Sheriff: Lake County escapee captured in WisconsinSep 12, 2018 1:00 am - Lake County authorities captured a 33-year-old Wisconsin man Wednesday afternoon, about 4½ hours after he escaped the county courthouse. The escape came moments after he...
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Arlington Heights man accused of entering unlocked cars in Buffalo GroveSep 11, 2018 1:00 am - An Arlington Heights man is accused of entering four unlocked cars in Buffalo Grove, officials said. Jawad H. Hakeem, 43, has been charged with four counts of criminal t...
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Waukegan man charged with locking daughter in basement appeals bond hearingSep 11, 2018 1:00 am - A Waukegan man accused of locking his 10-year-old daughter in a basement because he claimed she was demonically possessed has appealed a previous bond hearing to a highe...
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15 years in prison for man who assaulted, abused girls he knewSep 11, 2018 1:00 am - A 73-year-old Lake in the Hills man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after admitting to sexually assaulting and abusing three girls he knew. Edgar A. Arana had t...
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Second juvenile in custody for armed robbery in Round Lake ParkSep 11, 2018 1:00 am - A second juvenile has been arrested and is facing charges for an armed robbery on the 300 block of Elder Drive of Round Lake Park, authorities said. The second 17-year-...
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Juvenile charged with armed robbery in Round Lake ParkSep 10, 2018 1:00 am - A 17-year-old juvenile faces several charges after robbing someone at knife point, Round Lake Park police said in a news release Monday. The victim had been held in a ga...
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Wheeling man pleads guilty to battery; officials say he posed as officer, asked for sexSep 10, 2018 1:00 am - A Wheeling man who authorities say took a 20-year-old woman he encountered in a Niles shopping center parking lot to a Wheeling motel where he requested sex was sentence...
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17 years for Wheeling man in home invasion, attack on womanSep 10, 2018 1:00 am - A 40-year-old man who authorities say attacked a Wheeling woman in May in a case of mistaken identity was sentenced to 17 years in prison, according to court records. G...