Lake County Crime
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Plea deals reached in District 128 perjury casesApr 23, 2018 1:00 am - A former Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 board member and a district employee charged with lying on 2017 election petitions pleaded guilty Monday...
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Wheeling siblings stabbed while hosting party; one remains in critical conditionApr 23, 2018 1:00 am - A 24-year-old man remained in critical condition Monday while his 26-year-old brother was released from the hospital after the pair were stabbed over the weekend while h...
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Two stabbed in Wheeling early SundayApr 22, 2018 1:00 am - Wheeling police are investigating the stabbings of two males at about 2:15 a.m. Sunday on the 500 block of East Merle Lane. One victim remained in critical condition Sun...
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One shift, two lives saved: How Bartlett cop won officer of the yearApr 20, 2018 5:30 am - 2017 was a good year for Bartlett police officer John Maertzig. It was even better for all the Bartlett residents whose lives he saved. Those feats, plus his role protec...
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Police: Two Grayslake-area men hospitalized after BB gun vs. knife fightApr 19, 2018 1:00 am - Lake County sheriff's detectives are investigating a bizarre fight between two men Sunday night on Route 45 near Grayslake. The combatants, a 30-year-old who had a BB gu...
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Ex-Vernon Hills coach pleads not guilty to sexual assaultApr 18, 2018 1:00 am - A former freshman soccer coach pleaded not guilty in Lake County court Wednesday to charges she sexually assaulted two Vernon Hills High School students on several occas...
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Attorney: Better X-rays exonerate day care worker convicted of killing toddlerApr 18, 2018 1:00 am - Attorneys for a former day care worker convicted of murdering a 16-month-old in 2009 told an appeals court Wednesday key X-ray evidence provided by prosecutors was unrea...
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Investigation says Waukegan officer who shot man was justifiedApr 17, 2018 1:00 am - After conducting an investigation, the Lake County state's attorney's office said the Waukegan officer who shot a 27-year-old man in December was justified in his decisi...
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Charges dropped for jail guard accused of inappropriately touching female employeeApr 16, 2018 1:00 am - Lake County prosecutors on Monday dismissed battery allegations against a county correctional officer previously accused of inappropriately touching the buttocks of a fe...
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Pickleball tourney raises funds, hope for recoveryApr 15, 2018 1:00 am - A pickleball tournament that ended Sunday in Wheeling was much more than a competition for elite players in the Northwest suburbs. For two of those players, Thea Froehli...