Lake County Crime
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Trial begins for driver accused of murderDec 17, 2012 11:04 am - Lake County prosecutors said in court Monday that a Lisle man should be found guilty of first-degree murder because he drove through a stoplight after a robbery and kill...
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Threat cancels Barrington High School dance, ball gameDec 15, 2012 3:39 pm - A gun threat fueled a decision by Barrington Unit District 220 officials to cancel a high school dance scheduled for Saturday evening. The school also canceled the varsi...
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Three charged in Waukegan man’s shooting deathDec 15, 2012 3:00 pm - Three Waukegan men have been charged with first-degree murder after the intended victim of a robbery was shot and killed at his Waukegan apartment, authorities said Satu...
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Four arrests at Gurnee MillsDec 14, 2012 4:14 pm - Four Wisconsin residents were arrested Thursday by police during an operation aimed at shoplifters at Gurnee Mills mall, authorities said. The suspects were arrested in ...
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Waukegan man shot and killed in robbery attemptDec 14, 2012 2:55 pm - An intended robbery victim was shot and killed at his Waukegan apartment Thursday night when he tried to wrestle a gun away from an intruder, authorities said Friday. Ra...
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DNA test ordered in 1996 Highland Park slayingDec 14, 2012 11:09 am - The convicted killer of a retired Highland Park professor is hoping DNA evidence found under the victim’s fingernails will clear him of the 1996 murder. Following the r...
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Defense presents its case in Mount Prospect man’s sex assault trialDec 14, 2012 12:25 am - Seven defense witnesses, including two police detectives who previously testified for the prosecution, took the witness stand Friday as day four of Herbert Burgess’s tri...
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Jailhouse informant: Defendant threatened accuserDec 13, 2012 6:22 pm - As the sexual assault trial of Herbert Burgess entered its third day Thursday, a jailhouse informant testified Burgess told him he was going to have his accuser beaten w...
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Elgin murder, arson suspect wants police statements tossedDec 13, 2012 5:20 pm - An Elgin woman accused of participating in the stabbing and killing of a 61-year-old man last December and setting his apartment on fire to cover up his murder wants a j...
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Boy’s family files suit in Petite Lake boat crashDec 13, 2012 9:52 am - The family of a 10-year-old Libertyville boy killed in a boating mishap on the Chain O’ Lakes this summer has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against a Bartlett man and w...