Lake County Crime
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Authorities: Wheeling woman entered home, demanded beerJun 04, 2014 1:00 am - A 52-year-old Wheeling woman who authorities say entered a home and requested beer was ordered held on $100,000 bond Wednesday, prosecutors said. Lidia Zuradzka faces r...
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Bail set at $150,000 in Elgin Tower arson caseJun 04, 2014 1:00 am - Bail was set at $150,000 Wednesday for a homeless man accused of setting a May 11 fire at the Elgin Tower Building, authorities said. Tommy W. McBurney, 58, has been cha...
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D'Andre Howard guilty in Hoffman Estates murdersJun 03, 2014 1:01 am - Convicted Tuesday of stabbing to death three members of his ex-fiance Amanda Engelhardt's family in their Hoffman Estates home, D'Andre Howard faces mandatory life in pr...
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Lake County prosecutors go after ex-Marine on death rowJun 03, 2014 1:01 am - Prosecutors in Lake County are determined to bring a former Marine back to his home state to stand trial in the slayings of two young girls in Zion even though he's alre...
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Underage tobacco sales cited:Jun 02, 2014 1:01 am - Four clerks at different businesses were issued state citations for selling tobacco products to a minor under 18, the Lake County Sheriff's Office announced Monday. Auth...
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Schaumburg man charged in FBI child porn stingJun 02, 2014 1:01 am - A 34-year-old Schaumburg man is facing federal child pornography charges after a recent undercover FBI operation. Kurt S. Mayer, whose most recent address is listed on ...
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D'Andre Howard 'just wanted to make the noise stop'Jun 02, 2014 1:00 am - D'Andre Howard admitted to “wildly slashing” four members of his fiancee Amanda Engelhardt's family and said he heard loud noises in his head “like a siren” while he did...
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Defense attorney says 'extraordinary circumstances' exist to sentence Rousso to probationJun 02, 2014 1:00 am - The defense attorney for a 19-year-old Highland Park woman found guilty last week of being high when she ran over and killed a 5-year-old girl said he believes “extraord...
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Why notorious killers get repeated parole hearingsMay 30, 2014 5:00 am - Patty Columbo, De Mau Mau killers use 'C' status to repeatedly seek parole
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Stab wounds too hard to look at in Howard murder trialMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - Grim photographic evidence of the vicious attacks against three members of a Hoffman Estates family led some people to leave the courtroom and defendant D'Andre Howard t...