Lake County Crime
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Plea deal offered to Antioch teen in Gurnee street racing crashMar 18, 2014 1:00 am - A plea agreement has been offered in the case involving an Antioch-area teen charged with killing a friend during an illegal street race in Gurnee last June. The defens...
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Arlington Heights man found guilty of murdering his fatherMar 18, 2014 1:00 am - Jurors found Matthew Nellessen guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday in the 2011 beating and stabbing death of his father in the family's Arlington Heights home. They ...
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Man shot in Waukegan:Mar 17, 2014 1:01 am - Waukegan police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 53-year-old man, authorities announced Monday. His name was not released. The man's body was discovered about 9...
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Jurors view photos, videos in Nellessen murder trialMar 17, 2014 1:01 am - Prosecutors showed jurors photographs of George Nellessen's bound wrists and feet and blood splattered on the ceiling above the victim as the murder trial of his son ent...
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DNA evidence approved for man accused of killing Zion toddlerMar 17, 2014 1:00 am - A Lake County judge ruled a DNA swab will be taken from a Zion man accused of suffocating the 5-month-old son of his girlfriend last August. Demetries Thorpe, 27, remai...
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Archdiocese: More documents on sex abuse will be releasedMar 15, 2014 8:00 am - Archdiocese of Chicago says it will release documents about misconduct by 35 priests
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Sleepy Hollow police chief says shooting took toll on departmentMar 14, 2014 5:00 am - Anytime a police officer is involved in a fatal shooting, it takes a toll on the entire police department, Sleepy Hollow Police Chief James Linane said. Linane spoke wit...
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Friend testifies she spent day with Matthew Nellesen after his dad's murderMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - A friend of Matthew Nellessen said he phoned her one April morning in 2011 and asked for her help if he got in trouble with police. The call came at 8:45 a.m. April 14, ...
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Lake County judge: Inmate can't leave to jail to see dying fatherMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - A woman charged with killing a 3-month-old child in Waukegan cannot leave the Lake County jail to visit her dying father at a Milwaukee veterans hospital, a Lake County ...
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Co-defendant says killing father wasn't part of planMar 13, 2014 1:00 pm - Self-confessed Chicago gang member Marlon Green testified Thursday that while he agreed to help Matthew Nellessen rob his father, George Nellessen, he never agreed to mu...