Lake County Crime
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Police: Round Lake officer hospitalized after head-on crash with drunken driverNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - A Round Lake police officer was hospitalized following a head-on crash Wednesday afternoon that officials say is the fault of a 27-year-old man who was driving while dru...
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Police: Former Buffalo Grove school PTO president stole $10,000 from groupNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - The former president of the parent teacher organization at Prairie Elementary School in Buffalo Grove is accused of stealing more than $10,000 from the organization, Buf...
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Libertyville family sues Volkswagen, Verizon after carjackingNov 15, 2023 4:30 am - For about 40 minutes back in February, married couple Gregory Kovtelidakis and Taylor Shepherd feared they would never see their 2-year-old son Isaiah again. That's how...
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Father of man charged in Highland Park shooting makes statement with T-shirt before starting jail sentenceNov 15, 2023 12:00 am - In the months after being charged with felony reckless conduct for helping his son obtain a FOID card, Robert Crimo Jr. largely refrained from making public statements. ...
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Cary woman convicted of aggravated battery for beating her motherNov 14, 2023 12:00 am - A woman from Cary has been found guilty of beating her mother, breaking the woman's eye socket. A Kane County jury found Rebecca L. Wise, 38, guilty of aggravated domest...
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Yang appears in court as part of retrial effortNov 12, 2023 10:00 pm - Marni Yang appeared in a Lake County courtroom Monday for the first time in more than 12 years as part of her effort to secure a new trial. It was also the first time Ya...
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Two-state chase leads to arrest of armed robbery suspect near GurneeNov 12, 2023 12:00 am - A South suburban man is in custody after authorities say he robbed a Chicago business Saturday then led police on a two-hour chase up Interstate 94, across the Wisconsin...
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Why Wheeling is banning unlicensed sale of synthetic potNov 10, 2023 10:00 pm - Selling unlicensed, cannabis-like products soon will be illegal in Wheeling. A divided village board this week approved a ban on the sale of synthetically derived versio...
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Pedestrian struck and killed in GurneeNov 07, 2023 12:00 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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'Everybody looked up to Ken': Former colleagues remember slain Wheeling police officerNov 06, 2023 4:30 am - Wheeling police officer Ken Dawson was shot to death Nov. 5, 1985, while responding to a burglary. He was only 41. Nearly 40 years later, memories of his service and sac...