Lake County Crime
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Man shot in arm in WheelingDec 26, 2015 12:00 am - A 24-year-old man was shot in the arm about midnight Wednesday, Wheeling Police Chief Bill Benson said Saturday. The man was taken to Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview wher...
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Lake County sheriff warns of ruse burglariesDec 26, 2015 12:00 am - Southern Lake County has seen an increase in ruse burglaries over the past two months, the Lake County sheriff's office said Saturday in an alert. In a ruse burglary, t...
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Sheriff identifies 'people of interest' in Lake County shootingDec 25, 2015 3:00 pm - Lake County Sheriff's detectives have identified "more than one" person of interest in an early Christmas morning shooting near Lake Bluff that injured two men and a wom...
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'Cold and calculated' attorney accused of killing wife in 1973 held on $4 million bailDec 24, 2015 2:02 pm - Bail has been set at $4 million for a former Northwest suburban attorney charged with the 1973 murder of his wife. Donnie Rudd, 73, of Sugar Land, Texas, attended Thursd...
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Cook County sheriff says too many mentally ill in jailDec 23, 2015 12:00 am - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, as part of his campaign to reduce what he calls unjust incarceration of the poor and mentally ill, said in a news release Wednesday that pr...
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Two Round Lake Beach teens charged in BB damage spreeDec 23, 2015 12:00 am - Two teens were arrested on various charges involving several reports of damage to homes and vehicles caused by BBs during a weeklong period, according to Round Lake Beac...
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Buffalo Grove police step up DUI enforcementDec 23, 2015 12:00 am - Buffalo Grove police will be stepping up their enforcement of impaired driving laws through the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" grant campaign during the holidays throu...
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Elgin Mental Health Center escapee gets 6 yearsDec 23, 2015 12:00 am - A Chicago man has been sentenced to six years in prison for escaping from an Elgin Mental Health Center van taking him to a court proceeding in Lake County in July 2014,...
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A look back at Lake County criminal courts in 2015Dec 21, 2015 5:00 am - The Lake County courthouse saw its fair share of news conferences in 2015. Cases involving Melissa Calusinski, Jorge Torrez and Michael Vucic all captured headlines in ...
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Rudd's family history complex before wife's deathDec 21, 2015 12:00 am - Murder suspect Donnie Rudd's weekslong marriage to 19-year-old Noreen Kumeta in the summer of 1973 was neither the beginning nor the end of the disbarred attorney's comp...