Lake County Crime
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Grayslake woman will repay $17,000 she stole from Frederick School PTOJan 24, 2014 3:00 pm - The former treasurer of a Grayslake school parent teacher organization who has pleaded guilty to stealing money from the group will pay $17,000 in restitution, an amount...
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Freed inmates given innocence certificatesJan 23, 2014 8:46 pm - Three people who served lengthy prison sentences in Illinois after confessing to murders they didn’t commit received certificates of innocence Thursday from a Cook Count...
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Buffalo Grove man charged with soliciting sex from minorJan 23, 2014 6:39 pm - A 31-year-old Buffalo Grove man was arrested this week outside a Berwyn high school where he thought he was meeting a 15-year-old girl to engage in sex acts, prosecutors...
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Mundelein murder victim, 11, recalled as bubbly girlJan 23, 2014 6:03 pm - Coaches and family friends are remembering 11-year-old Dora Betancourt as a kind, bubbly girl who loved cheerleading and sports. They’re also struggling to comprehend th...
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New lawsuit filed in priest molestation caseJan 23, 2014 3:41 pm - A new lawsuit filed Thursday alleging sexual abuse of children in the 1960s and `70s focuses on a now-defrocked priest referred to at length in documents released this w...
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Streamwood man charged with child pornographyJan 23, 2014 3:00 pm - A 49-year-old Streamwood man, whose wife operates a day care business at their home, is facing child pornography charges. Authorities said Charles Brown, of the 300 bloc...
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Mundelein mom leads fundraising effort for family of murdered 11-year-old girlJan 23, 2014 11:15 am - She doesn’t know them, but Mundelein resident Katie Henning felt compelled to help the family of an 11-year-old girl who authorities say was stabbed to death by her olde...
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Libertyville man facing federal mortgage fraud chargesJan 22, 2014 10:34 am - A 73-year-old Libertyville man is facing federal mortgage fraud charges stemming from a scheme that prosecutors say netted him nearly $3.2 million over roughly two years...
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Mundelein teen charged with murdering half-sisterJan 22, 2014 5:00 am - Authorities: Mundelein girl stabbed, slashed more than 30 times by half-sister
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Autopsy planned for girl found dead in Mundelein homeJan 21, 2014 5:24 pm - Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd said an autopsy will be performed today on a young girl who was found dead in her Mundelein bedroom on Tuesday morning. Police have said ...