Lake County Crime
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Libertyville man facing child porn chargesDec 04, 2015 12:00 am - A Libertyville man was charged Friday after evidence of child pornography was found during a search of his home, according to prosecutors. Brian Schmitz, 34, of Libertyv...
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4 people wrongly convicted share stories of survivalDec 04, 2015 12:00 am - Better police training, less immunity granted to witnesses, more prosecutor accountability and a larger pool of resources for the public defenders can help toward avoidi...
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Suspect in murder of Zion girls on hunger strike in jailDec 04, 2015 12:00 am - A man incarcerated in the Lake County jail awaiting trial in the notorious 2005 Mother's Day murders of two little girls in Zion is on a hunger strike, his lawyer said F...
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3 suburban killers who could get out of prisonDec 03, 2015 4:00 am - Sentenced to life as juveniles, could they now go free?
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Melodie Gliniewicz will have to wait to get access to bank accountDec 03, 2015 12:00 am - An order to release a second frozen bank account to the wife of disgraced former Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz will not be approved until Monday, officia...
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Discretionary life sentence stands for juvenile killerDec 03, 2015 12:00 am - The life sentence convicted killer David Biro received for the 1990 death of a Winnetka couple's fetus will stand, a Cook County judge ruled Thursday. In one of the sub...
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Antioch Twp. man resentenced to 8 years for fatal crashDec 02, 2015 12:00 am - An Antioch Township man who violated a previous periodic imprisonment sentence he received for his role in the illegal street race that killed an Antioch High School stu...
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Woman pleads guilty to filing false police report on jogging incidentDec 02, 2015 12:00 am - A Lake County woman who claimed to have been attacked while jogging pleaded guilty in court Wednesday to lying to police. Jessica C. Kramer, 20, of the 23500 block of N...
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Photograph prompts shutdown of Wauconda High student email systemDec 02, 2015 12:00 am - Wauconda High School's student email system was temporarily shut down Tuesday after a former student emailed current students an inappropriate photograph, officials said...
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Barrington student charged as adult over gun at schoolDec 01, 2015 12:00 am - A Barrington High School student accused of having an unloaded .357 Magnum revolver and ammunition on campus Monday is being charged as an adult with a felony weapons of...