Lake County Crime
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Wheeling neighborhood grieves for slain bystanderMay 09, 2013 5:00 am - The sky is just as blue as it was on the last day of Rafael Orozco's life. The grass might be an even brighter green. And Gizmo, Orozco's muscular pit bull the color of ...
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Milwaukee man pleads not guilty in attack near Old Mill CreekMay 09, 2013 5:00 am - A Milwaukee man pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he attacked a Wisconsin man, then dumped him on the side of a road near Old Mill Creek. Michael Highsmith, 24, rem...
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Mundelein man pleads not guilty in fatal Round Lake Beach shootingMay 09, 2013 5:00 am - A Mundelein man could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted of killing a Zion man because of the way he wore his hat, authorities said Thursday. Jose Garcia, 18, ...
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Police: Woman abandoned animals in Deerfield homeMay 08, 2013 5:00 pm - A Niles woman charged with abandoning her two dogs for two weeks in a locked and foreclosed Deerfield townhouse missed court Wednesday after checking herself into a psyc...
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Phone scam in Cook County targets natives of IndiaMay 08, 2013 4:00 pm - The Cook County sheriff’s office released an alert warning residents of a phone scam that has been reported in an unincorporated area near Des Plaines. Callers are threa...
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Waukegan man pleads guilty to 2011 torture and murderMay 07, 2013 11:12 am - The first of four people charged with torturing and murdering a Waukegan man and dumping his body in a pond near Barrington Hills in 2011 pleaded guilty to first-degree ...
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Nurse charged with stealing from Lincolnshire patientMay 06, 2013 11:00 am - A Glenview woman is charged with stealing $255,000 from a Lincolnshire man while working as his full-time nurse, authorities said Monday. Theresa A. Lau, 44, of the 0 to...
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Bond set at $2 million for Wheeling murder suspectMay 05, 2013 5:00 pm - A judge set bond at $2 million Sunday for an Arlington Heights teen charged with shooting a Wheeling man to death Wednesday while trying to gun down a rival gang member....
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Two charged in murder of Wheeling manMay 04, 2013 6:00 pm - Police: Victim wasn't intended target
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Convicted ex-water official resigns as police chiefMay 03, 2013 7:11 pm - A former water official convicted in a scheme to secretly mix contaminated well water into public drinking supplies has resigned as police chief of Crestwood. Theresa Ne...