Lake County Crime
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Inexperience, indifference, deference. How Donnie Rudd almost got away with murder.Jul 06, 2018 5:00 am - The red flags were everywhere. A teenager found dead along a rustic Barrington Hills road, just 27 days after marrying her 31-year-old groom following a whirlwind court...
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Cellphone distributor gets 2 years in prison for tax evasionJul 06, 2018 1:00 am - A 53-year-old Highland Park man who pleaded guilty to tax evasion this year was sentenced to two years in prison Friday. Jordan Eckerling once operated a cellular phone ...
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FBI: Bartlett duo used AK-47 to rob three banks of $150,000Jul 05, 2018 1:00 am - A Bartlett man and woman armed with an AK-47 stole almost $150,000 during a string of bank robberies in Aurora, Gurnee and Ottawa, according to the FBI. FBI officials ...
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Waukegan man accused of selling homemade fireworks onlineJul 04, 2018 1:00 am - A Waukegan man who Lake County sheriff's police said sold homemade fireworks online will spend the Fourth of July in jail. Janko Armanov, 30, of the 3100 block of Grandv...
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Jury finds Rudd guilty of wife's 1973 slayingJul 02, 2018 1:00 am - Updated 7/7/18 to correst that the autopsy referred to was the first one done. Jurors deliberated for less than three hours Monday before finding Donnie Rudd guilty...
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Elgin man who bit off part of finger in fight gets jail, probationJul 02, 2018 1:00 am - An Elgin man accused of biting off part of another man's finger during a fight in late 2017 has been sentenced to jail time, probation and ordered to undergo an evaluati...
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Which suburbs are arresting the most suspected drunken drivers?Jun 29, 2018 5:33 am - When it comes to getting suspected drunken drivers off suburban roadways, which police departments are doing the most? According to a report Wednesday by Schaumburg-base...
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Prosecution witness says Rudd's wife's death was no accidentJun 29, 2018 1:00 am - A former Cook County chief medical examiner testified Friday that Donnie Rudd's second wife was killed by blows to her head, disputing a defense expert's account that sh...
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Rudd's medical expert says wife died from 'internal decapitation'Jun 28, 2018 1:00 am - There was another twist Thursday in the already strange saga of Donnie Rudd, a former attorney accused of killing Noreen Kumeta, his 19-year-old bride of just one month,...
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Former North Chicago cop pleads guilty to prostitution chargeJun 28, 2018 1:00 am - A former North Chicago police officer plead guilty to a felony count of patronizing a prostitute Thursday. Ludwin W. Barreno, an eight-year veteran of the department, wa...