Lee Filas
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Lake County drug sweep nets 127 arrestsMar 28, 2011 12:00 am - Police officials said 127 people linked to selling drugs have been arrested in Lake County following the completion of Operation Street Sweep. Jeffrey Padilla, deputy di...
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Police looking for information on robbery SundayMar 28, 2011 12:00 am - Fox Lake police are searching for a man who held up a Mobil gas station at gunpoint. Lt. Joe Gliniewicz said officers were called about 6:30 p.m. Sunday by a motorist w...
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Libertyville man celebrates car with 300,000 milesMar 27, 2011 12:00 am - “Medwell Brown” was born 21 years ago in a factory and quickly shipped to Lake County, where he has spent the rest of his life working for Libertyville resident Phil Bro...
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Kennedy reopens after crashMar 25, 2011 12:00 am - It’s expected to take until after rush hour for the Kennedy Expressway to return to normal after a multi-car crash caused multiple lanes of the outbound Kennedy to be sh...
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DuPage sheriff shuts down cannabis growing operation, one arrestedMar 25, 2011 12:00 am - DuPage County Sheriff officials announced Friday they have seized over 400 cannabis plants and arrested one Clarendon Hills person for production of cannabis plants. St...
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Quick out as Wauconda’s village administratorMar 25, 2011 12:00 am - Wauconda Mayor Mark Knigge isn’t conceding that longtime Village Administrator Dan Quick was pushed into retirement because the village’s economic struggles. However, K...
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Wauconda finalizing plans to upgrade emergency dispatch centerMar 25, 2011 12:00 am - Wauconda officials vowed to keep the village’s 9-1-1 emergency dispatch center “in house” if voters approved the fire district referendum last year. Police Chief Doug L...
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Evidence of arson near Libertyville house fires, police sayMar 25, 2011 12:00 am - Libertyville police say someone attempted to start two additional fires inside unsecured garages near three homes substantially damaged in separate blazes early Thursday...
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Icy roads causing multipe area accidentsMar 24, 2011 12:00 am - Police officials are asking morning motorists to use caution due to excessively icy roads in the Chicago area. Those conditions led to numerous accidents Thursday morni...
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Traffic stop nets coke bustMar 24, 2011 12:00 am - A Waukegan man has been arrested and charged with selling cocaine in the Lake Villa area, police said. Noren A. King, 36, of the 1700 block of N. Berwick Boulevard, has...