Lake County Crime
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Police: Musician son bilked elderly South Elgin fatherSep 25, 2012 3:00 pm - An Elgin man is accused of stealing from his elderly father and failing to pay about $100,000 in nursing home expenses for the 90-year-old man, who is living in a South ...
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Woodstock man gets 11 years for investment schemeSep 24, 2012 9:46 pm - A 52-year-old Woodstock man was sentenced to 11 years in prison Monday after admitting that he bilked investors out of more than $7 million while running a Ponzi scheme....
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7.5-year sentence in puffer fish toxin murder schemeSep 24, 2012 1:00 pm - A federal judge on Monday sentenced a 39-year-old Lake in the Hills man to 92 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud and stockpiling a toxin derived from...
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Buffalo Grove sex offender charged with soliciting childSep 21, 2012 4:53 pm - A 29-year-old registered sex offender from Buffalo Grove has been accused of soliciting to meet a child near an elementary school, police said. Gregory Gentles, of the 2...
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Waukegan man arrested on drug chargesSep 21, 2012 4:25 pm - A Waukegan man was arrested on drug charges after authorities executed a search warrant at his house Thursday, police said Friday. Brian P. Kerns, 31, of the 2400 block ...
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Gacy victim search solves unrelated cold caseSep 20, 2012 3:56 pm - The search for more victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy has led authorities to solve an unrelated 1970s cold case of a missing person linked to central Illinois, of...
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Attorney general sues contractors for fraudSep 20, 2012 2:59 pm - Home repair and construction companies located in Addison, Barrington and Lake in the Hills are among five businesses named in lawsuits filed Thursday by Illinois Attorn...
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Northwest suburban police blotterSep 20, 2012 1:56 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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North Chicago 14-year-old charged with having cannabis during traffic stopSep 20, 2012 1:12 pm - Waukegan police say they found small bags of cannabis on a 14-year-old boy during a traffic stop, and that he told them he was selling the drugs for $5 each. The uniden...
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Attorneys question Baker fitness to stand trial in killingSep 20, 2012 10:14 am - Attorneys for Daniel Baker are again questioning whether the 24-year-old Deerfield man is psychologically fit to stand trial for murder. Attorney Ed Gensen said in cour...