Lake County Crime
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Parents of kids found blindfolded, bound were investigated last yearJun 19, 2012 4:08 pm - LAWRENCE, Kan. — A Northlake couple arrested after two of their five children were found bound and blindfolded in a Walmart parking lot in Kansas were investigated for p...
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Wauconda resident finds missing ‘Blues Brothers’ sidewalk art chairJun 19, 2012 3:15 pm - One week after it was reported missing, the Adirondack chair painted with a portrait of Blues Brothers’ John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd is set to return to the Main Street ...
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Second man charged in theft of bronze statues from Waukegan Public LibraryJun 19, 2012 1:25 pm - A second person has been charged in connection with last month’s theft of two bronze statues from the Waukegan Public Library that were sold for scrap at a fraction of t...
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McHenry County jury convicts Marengo man of DUI in fatal crashJun 18, 2012 5:54 pm - A McHenry County jury Monday found a 49-year-old Marengo man was drunk when he struck a 77-year-old truck driver in a fatal 2008 crash. McHenry County State’s Attorney L...
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Arrest in identity theft case:Jun 18, 2012 5:30 pm - An Orlando woman was arrested in Florida on June 11 and charged with identity theft and computer fraud in connection with a case in Lincolnshire, authorities here announ...
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Judge: Jury will hear confession in Vernon Hills murder caseJun 18, 2012 4:00 pm - Jurors will be able to hear Daniel Baker tell police on videotape that he hit his girlfriend's mother in the head with a baseball bat before fleeing with the teen for ne...
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Man admits to 1977 killingJun 15, 2012 5:29 pm - A former South suburban man has pleaded guilty to killing a high school classmate in 1977. Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez says 51-year-old Fred Rogers, forme...
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Wrongly accused at 7, man now headed to prisonJun 15, 2012 4:03 pm - A man wrongly accused of killing an 11-year-old girl when he was 7 years old is now headed to prison for shooting two people in 2006. Romarr Gipson, now 21, was sentence...
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Thief sold library statues for scrap, police sayJun 14, 2012 4:27 pm - A homless man has been charged with stealing two bronze statues from the Waukegan Public Library, which were worth about $15,000 combined, and selling them as scrap for ...
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Tax preparer pleads guilty to fraudJun 14, 2012 1:16 pm - A South suburban tax preparer has pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud worth $2.8 million. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that 48-year-old Michael Singleton of Homewoo...