Lake County Crime
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Northwest suburbs targeting DUI this weekendMar 13, 2014 1:01 am - A number of Northwest suburban police departments and the Cook County sheriff's office are conducting extra patrols this weekend targeting drunk drivers and seat belt la...
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Son was victim, not dad's killer, his lawyers sayMar 12, 2014 1:01 pm - The 22-year-old who authorities say murdered his father in their Arlington Heights home nearly three years ago is not a killer, but an intended victim, his lawyers say. ...
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Man convicted of running heroin ringMar 12, 2014 1:00 am - A suburban man was convicted by a federal jury of operating a heroin sales ring for nearly six years and using the proceeds to buy jewelry, cars and suburban properties....
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Vernon Hills man pleads guilty to lesser charge in murder-for-hire caseMar 12, 2014 1:00 am - A Vernon Hills man accused of hiring a person he thought was a hitman to kill the mother of a woman he injured in a motorcycle crash has pleaded guilty to reduced charge...
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McHenry man charged with DUI after 2 hit-and-run crashesMar 11, 2014 1:00 am - A McHenry man faces several charges after he fled the scene of a pair of crashes on Route 120 in Lakemoor, and stopped only after a third crash in unincorporated McHenry...
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Bail remains at $500,000 for woman accused of vandalizing multiple Lake County churchesMar 11, 2014 1:00 am - A Lake County judge decided not to change the bail set for a Gurnee woman accused of vandalizing 21 religious institutions during a six-day period last month. However, ...
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Trial to begin for Arlington Heights man charged in dad's murderMar 09, 2014 8:00 am - George Nellessen was worried about his son Matthew. He worried in 2009, when Matthew was sentenced to 15 days in Cook County jail for marijuana possession. He worried w...
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Brown's Chicken victim's family unhappy as killer wins $451,000Mar 09, 2014 1:01 am - A federal jury has awarded nearly $500,000 to one of the two men convicted in the Brown's Chicken massacre through a civil rights lawsuit filed against a former jailer. ...
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Fox Lake man charged with possession of child pornographyMar 07, 2014 12:01 am - A Fox Lake man is being held on $300,000 bond after his arrest for possession of child pornography, authorities said Friday. Stephen A. O'Dette, 61, was arrested Thursd...
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Cicero man accused of making false bomb threatMar 06, 2014 12:01 am - A man has been arrested on charges that he made a false bomb threat at a suburban courthouse. In a news release, the Cook County sheriff's office says that 34-year-old ...