Lake County Crime
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Guilty plea in downtown Elgin cellphone store burglaryJul 26, 2013 4:58 pm - An Elgin man pleaded guilty Friday to a May 7 smash-and-grab burglary of an downtown cellphone store. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail and 30 months of probation. Lac...
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Police: Elgin man forced way into apartment, beat man with brickJul 26, 2013 4:42 pm - A 24-year-old Elgin man is accused of forcing his way into an Elgin apartment, beating a man with a landscape brick and threatening others with a gun while trying to fin...
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Police: Gurnee-area man charged in sex attacksJul 26, 2013 12:00 pm - Authorities say a 19-year-old Gurnee-area man has been charged with sexually attacking two girls. Lake County sheriff's police said Friday that Nyasha C. Mbawa, of the 3...
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Suburban men indicted on federal extortion chargesJul 26, 2013 10:22 am - Nine suburban men have been indicted by a federal grand jury on extortion and attempted extortion charges. FBI officials announced the charges yesterday after the indict...
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Man faces charges for damaging tires, then offering to help victimsJul 26, 2013 8:00 am - A Waukegan man accused of flattening the tires of unsuspecting women in order to assist them later has turned himself into police, authorities said. Jose M. Mendez, 31,...
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Pit bull could be euthanized for Wauconda attackJul 25, 2013 4:21 pm - The fate of the Wauconda pit bull that attacked and killed a small dog this week will be decided Aug. 5, county officials said Thursday. Lake County Animal Care and Cont...
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Judge: Accused W. Dundee youth pastor may travelJul 25, 2013 2:31 pm - A West Dundee church youth director accused of having sex with a minor made his first court appearance Thursday and was granted permission from a judge to travel to Mass...
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Ex-school safety officer gets 90 days for sex with studentJul 25, 2013 11:35 am - A former safety officer at Waukegan High School’s Brookside Campus has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to having a sexual relationship with a 17-...
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Dart urges Congress to help law enforcement fight sex traffickingJul 25, 2013 11:25 am - Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart released the following statement Thursday in regard to prosecuting human traffickers: “As the tactics of sex traffickers to evade the ...
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Prosecutor wants driver’s probation revokedJul 25, 2013 10:24 am - An Antioch-area teen was on probation when he was involved in a street race that killed an Antioch High School student in Gurnee, officials said Thursday. Lake County A...