Lake County Crime
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Barrington tax preparer sentenced for making false returnsNov 03, 2024 12:18 pm - A federal judge has sentenced a Barrington resident to 16 months in prison for preparing and filing false tax returns for clients.
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Ukrainian man, 31, says he was in relationship with girl, 16. McHenry County authorities say it was criminal.Nov 02, 2024 12:15 pm - A 31-year-old Elk Grove Village man who moved to Illinois from Ukraine four years ago said he was in a “relationship” with a 16-year-old girl for six months, but Lake in the Hills police allege that he committed a series of felonies.
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Authorities: Man had 2,000 pills containing fentanyl in his apartmentNov 01, 2024 1:35 pm - A Gurnee man faces several felony drug charges after police acting on a tip Wednesday uncovered an undisclosed amount of cocaine in his car and about 2,000 pills containing fentanyl in his apartment, authorities said.
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Mundelein woman sentenced to 5 years in fatal hit-and-run involving Deerfield school board memberOct 31, 2024 8:32 pm - A Mundelein woman who left the scene of a fatal crash involving a Deerfield school board member in Highland Park has been sentenced to five years in prison.
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With eye on homeless people, Mundelein bans public campingOct 29, 2024 6:10 pm - Mundelein trustees on Monday approved an ordinance that targets homeless people by outlawing public camping.
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Police dog sniffs out drugs on passenger during traffic stop in WaucondaOct 28, 2024 8:45 am - The passenger of a vehicle stopped by Wauconda police Saturday afternoon is facing drug charges after a police dog indicated the presence of narcotics.
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Lakemoor man charged with drug-induced homicideOct 23, 2024 10:49 am - A Lakemoor man has been charged with drug-induced homicide in the February death of a 23-year-old woman in unincorporated Spring Grove.
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32-year sentence for man convicted in fatal shooting at Gurnee MillsOct 21, 2024 12:55 pm - A 27-year-old Vernon Hills man convicted in June of second-degree murder and other charges has been sentenced to 32 years in prison in the 2021 shooting death of a Zion man in a Gurnee Mills parking lot.
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‘Made our state a better and safer place’: Injured state trooper from Lemont awarded medal of honorOct 18, 2024 5:15 am - llinois State Trooper Brian Frank of Lemont received the state’s highest law enforcement honor this week for the courage he’s shown since suffering catastrophic injuries in a 2021 crash that have kept him off duty. "Amidst all the heartache, he deserves to be celebrated for surviving another year against all odds, for the sacrifice he made, risking and ultimately giving his life, to protect others," said his wife, Lauren.
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State’s largest bar associations release judicial recommendationsOct 17, 2024 8:58 pm - The Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association, the state’s largest organizations of their kind, release recommendations for judicial candidates running in the Nov. 5 election.