Lake County Crime
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Kirk gains insight in fight against heroin from former users in AddisonDec 28, 2014 6:30 am - “Tell me what you think I don't know,” U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk says as he sits down with a group of former heroin users at the Serenity House recovery center in Addison. Th...
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Northwest suburban Cook County court cases of 2014Dec 28, 2014 12:01 am - A Hoffman Estates family devastated by an early-morning attack in April 2009 waited five years for justice. They got it in 2014 in the form of three life sentences for 2...
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Dawn Patrol: Minivan slams into house; Navy recruits get ChristmasDec 26, 2014 4:01 am - Minivan rolls through 3 rooms of Bloomingdale house No one was injured after a minivan slammed into a Bloomingdale home, breaking through three rooms before coming ...
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Round Lake Police search for Christmas Eve school burglarDec 26, 2014 12:01 am - At least $2,000 in damage was caused in a Christmas Eve burglary at a Round Lake Area Unit District 116 school, officials said. Police said the break-in occurred about 6...
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Driver in October crash that killed nuns was drunkDec 23, 2014 12:01 am - A man who authorities say caused an 11-vehicle crash that killed himself and two nuns in suburban Chicago had a blood-alcohol level more than two times the legal limit. ...
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Dolton animal hospital employee accused of crueltyDec 23, 2014 12:01 am - An employee of a suburban Chicago veterinary hospital has been arrested on charges of animal cruelty. Fifty-nine-year-old Sharon Cargile of Chicago was charged in a gran...
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Christmas celebration for families of Lake County inmatesDec 20, 2014 12:01 am - Mary Lacey has organized a holiday event at the Lake County jail for several years now to help families of those who are behind bars at Christmastime as well as other ne...
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Suburban schools changing how they discuss heroinDec 19, 2014 4:30 am - Kids today know heroin — and it's no longer just a word they read in a textbook. Health teacher Cristy Hefner knows heroin, too. It's the drug her preteen students at C...
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Laptop with 2,800 Northwestern Memorial patients' records stolenDec 19, 2014 12:01 am - Northwestern Memorial Healthcare issued a notice Friday about a possible security breach after a laptop with the records of approximately 2,800 patients was stolen. In a...
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Cook County inmate charged with attacking attorneyDec 19, 2014 12:01 am - A Cook County inmate has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing and beating his assistant public defender during a jailhouse visit. Jimmie Smith, 39, ...