Lake County Crime
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Police: Guns, ammo taken from Vernon Hills teen who wore white supremacist shirt at collegeApr 30, 2018 1:00 am - A Vernon Hills teen who wore clothing touting a white supremacist group has been charged with misdemeanors for possessing several firearms and magazines without a valid ...
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Suburban heroes: Round Lake Park officer commended for work on sex abuse casesApr 29, 2018 5:30 am - Since early 2017, Round Lake Park Police Officer Christopher Valle has cleared 16 cases of sexual abuse to children. The 29-year-old third-year officer has worked hard t...
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Mom says Geneva woman who plotted mass shooting 'not capable of violence'Apr 27, 2018 5:30 am - Did growing up as a biracial child in a suburb that is 94 percent white turn Lindsay Souvannarath into the would-be killer authorities say she is? The Geneva woman's mot...
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Police: Man jumped from third-floor balcony trying to escapeApr 27, 2018 1:00 am - A Libertyville Township man wanted for robbery tried to escape police officers by jumping from a third-floor balcony but was eventually arrested Thursday. Lake County s...
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Round Lake Beach man charged with murder in Zion home invasionApr 26, 2018 1:00 am - A Round Lake Beach man pleaded not guilty Thursday to his role in the shooting death of a Zion woman during a February home invasion, authorities said. Zavian D. Wells,...
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2nd man guilty of attempted murder in 2012 Elgin home invasionApr 26, 2018 1:00 am - An Elgin man was convicted Thursday of attempted murder and home invasion from a 2012 attack in Elgin and now faces up to 30 years in prison. Jaime Zarate, 32, was foun...
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Cook County Sheriff's officer saves overdose victim at Elk Grove Township hotelApr 25, 2018 1:00 am - A Cook County Sheriff's officer used the anti-opiate drug naloxone to revive a woman suffering from an apparent overdose at an Elk Grove Township hotel Monday morning, S...
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Waukegan man charged with stealing hand grenades from U.S. Navy destroyerApr 25, 2018 1:00 am - The Waukegan Navy man authorities said took 20 hand grenades from a destroyer in San Diego faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if found guilty. Aaron Book...
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Man has 15 DUI convictions. Now he faces 30 years in prison.Apr 24, 2018 5:30 am - Christopher Clingingsmith was forbidden to drive. The judge hearing his 2017 driving under the influence case prohibited it as a condition of setting bail. The state of ...
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Teen charged in attack of family at Six Flags misses court appearanceApr 24, 2018 1:00 am - An arrest warrant has been issued for a Waukegan man accused of inciting the attack of a Batavia family at Six Flags Great America last fall. Gregory Battle, 18, was exp...