Lake County Crime
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Pathologist testifies head injury, not broken neck, killed 19-year-old brideJun 27, 2018 1:00 am - Happy and beautiful. That was how Karen Mezera described her older sister Noreen Kumeta on Aug. 18, 1973, the day Noreen married Donnie Rudd, a patent attorney whom she ...
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Prosecutors in murder trial: 19-year-old bride 'a means to an end'Jun 26, 2018 1:00 am - Prosecutors in former suburban lawyer Donnie Rudd's murder trial painted him as a man who married his 19-year-old second wife Noreen Kumeta after a whirlwind courtship, ...
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Barrington man charged in $16 million mail schemeJun 25, 2018 1:00 am - The owner of an Illinois-based bulk mail company is facing federal mail fraud charges after prosecutors said he and two others bilked the U.S. Postal Service out of $16 ...
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Jury picked for trial of man charged with murdering new bride in 1973Jun 25, 2018 1:00 am - With jury selection concluded Monday afternoon, opening statements are scheduled for Tuesday in the trial of a former Northwest suburban attorney charged with murdering ...
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Car accident, or murder? 45 years later victim's husband goes on trialJun 23, 2018 1:00 am - In 1973, 19-year-old newlywed Noreen Kumeta Rudd was killed near Dundee and Bateman roads in Barrington Township in what authorities initially believed was an automobile...
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Why gangs are changing, and what it means for the suburbsJun 22, 2018 5:30 am - A lot has changed since the Chicago Crime Commission published in 2012 its last "Gang Book," the crime-fighting organization's detailed account of the activities and ope...
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Waukegan man charged with sexually assaulting Mount Prospect womanJun 22, 2018 1:00 am - A Waukegan man who prosecutors said told a woman to "just go with it" while sexually assaulting her in her Mount Prospect home was ordered held on $200,000 bail Friday. ...
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Man pleads not guilty to weapons charges in Lake County police confrontationsJun 21, 2018 1:00 am - An Antioch Township man who authorities say was involved in multiple confrontations with police in Gurnee and Antioch pleaded not guilty to weapons violations Thursday. ...
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Round Lake Park woman accused of lying to police about stalker pleads not guiltyJun 20, 2018 1:00 am - A Round Lake Park woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to accusations she lied to police when she secured an order of protection against a Florida man who she said was sta...
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Two in jail after barricade situation in WaucondaJun 19, 2018 1:00 am - A 36-year-old man is in custody after barricading himself in a home for several hours in Wauconda late Monday, authorities said. Timothy J. Holm, whose last known addres...