Prosecutors: Schaumburg cops caught on tape robbing drug dealers
When Carol Stream police discovered nearly 10 ounces of cocaine in an apartment storage locker early this month, the alleged owner of the drugs had a story to tell. He...
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Prosecutors: Schaumburg cops caught on tape robbing drug dealers
When Carol Stream police discovered nearly 10 ounces of cocaine in an apartment storage locker early this month, the alleged owner of the drugs had a story to tell. He...
Lake County’s top lawyer works to restore office’s integrity
In his first month in office, Lake County State's Attorney Mike Nerheim took an action his predecessor worked for years to avoid, agreeing to fully clear Bennie Starks of crimes...
Chicago’s 2013 gets revving with cold start
The first day of 2013 was one thing 2012 was not — bitterly cold. Following the warmest year on record in Chicago, the new year arrived with a frigid slap...
For Waukegan’s Y, end of the year is the end of the line
Despite last-minute efforts to save a century-old institution burdened by funding woes and dwindling membership, the Waukegan branch of the YMCA is scheduled to close Monday, officials said. The Northern...
Language barrier an issue at Korean’s murder trial
As detectives interrogated Hyungseok Koh the day his son was found stabbed to death, a Korean-American police officer listened in and occasionally interpreted between police and the man they increasingly...
New Lake County prosecutor drops old case
Three days into his first term as Lake County state's attorney, Mike Nerheim announced he will drop a case from 1986 that his predecessor steadfastly pursued despite DNA evidence indicating...
Final charge dropped against man cleared in ’86 Waukegan rape
More than 25 years after Bennie Starks was charged with raping and battering a 69-year-old woman in Waukegan, Lake County prosecutors have agreed to give up the last vestige of...
Murder defendant’s lawyers say son acted strangely
Working to convince jurors that Paul Koh's death was a suicide, lawyers defending his father from murder charges highlighted alleged strange behavior by the son in the years before his...
New Lake County prosecutor to take over office dogged by controversy
After the Lake County prosecutor's office changes hands Monday for the first time in 22 years, new State's Attorney Mike Nerheim hopes to reform an agency where skepticism about DNA...