Lake County Crime
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Waukegan man gets 16 years for killing one cousin, injuring anotherJun 21, 2017 1:00 am - A Waukegan man who stabbed one cousin to death and seriously injured another in 2014 was sentenced to 16 years in prison Wednesday. Juan Guajardo, 40, said little after ...
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Third defendant sentenced in Wheeling home invasion, sports cards theftJun 20, 2017 1:00 am - The last of three men charged with breaking into a Wheeling home in 2014, beating the owner and stealing sports cards valued between $150,000 and $200,000 pleaded guilty...
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Wheeling woman sentenced to prison for stealing beerJun 20, 2017 1:00 am - A Wheeling woman pleaded guilty to entering a stranger's garage in the 1200 block of Iota Court last August and taking a bottle of Heineken from a refrigerator there. Li...
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Police: Shots didn't target Islamic Community Center of Des PlainesJun 20, 2017 1:00 am - Authorities released few details Tuesday about shots fired last weekend near the Islamic Community Center of Des Plaines, other than to say the mosque was not a target. ...
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Police: Man armed with gun breaks into Lindenhurst homeJun 20, 2017 1:00 am - Lindenhurst police are investigating a home invasion in which a masked man armed with a handgun entered a home in the 700 block of Beck Road about 1 a.m. Tuesday and sto...
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Texts, emails between disgraced Fox Lake cop, wife barred from trialJun 19, 2017 1:00 am - A Lake County judge on Monday upheld his earlier ruling that text and email messages between disgraced Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz and his wife will be...
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Waukegan man dies after being found shot in courtyardJun 17, 2017 1:00 am - An 18-year-old man died after he was found shot early Friday at the Woodland Village Apartments in Waukegan, the Waukegan police said. Robert J. Gordon of Waukegan was ...
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Lake Villa man charged with supplying fatal dose of heroinJun 17, 2017 1:00 am - Glenn E. Trauthwein, 35, of the 100 block of N. Milwaukee Avenue, was arrested Thursday and charged with a drug-induced homicide, a class X felony, and unlawful delivery...
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Buffalo Grove woman's killer can seek freedom in just 6 monthsJun 16, 2017 5:30 am - We'll never make sense of the random shooting on a Wisconsin interstate last year that claimed the life of Buffalo Grove mom Tracy Czaczkowski on her way home from a fam...
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Police: Man abused underage girl at Waukegan hotelJun 16, 2017 1:00 am - A Lake County man has been charged after police said he sexually abused an underage girl at a Waukegan hotel. Steve W. Spoerl, 53, of the 24700 block of West Townline Ro...