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New suspect in appliance store owner’s 1994 slaying served time for armed robbery

December 24, 2018 at 3:35 a.m.

Two months after Fred Reckling was beaten to death at his Waukegan appliance store in 1994, Hezekiah Whitfield was arrested in connection with armed robberies on the North Shore. At...

New arrests announced in tainted Lake County slaying cases

December 24, 2018 at 3:28 a.m.

Reversing course on 25 years of controversial police work and prosecutions in a single day, Lake County authorities announced new murder charges in two cases and dropped rape charges in...

A memorial to Krystal Tobias and Laura Hobbs stands in Beulah Park in Zion in 2011.

Lake County announces new arrests in killings once linked to other men

May 16, 2019 at 10:39 a.m.

Lake County prosecutors this afternoon announced new murder charges in two notorious slayings that had been attributed to other men until DNA pointed away from the suspects. The announcement comes...

Surrounded by his attorneys, Bennie Starks speaks to the media after his court case was dismissed in the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan today.

After 20 years in prison, man cleared in ’86 Waukegan rape

May 16, 2019 at 10:39 a.m.

Lake County prosecutors have dropped rape charges against Bennie Starks, who spent 20 years in prison before DNA pointed away from him. Assistant State's Attorney Jim Newman appeared at a...

After 20 years in prison, man cleared in ’86 Waukegan rape

December 24, 2018 at 10:15 a.m.

Lake County prosecutors have dropped rape charges against Bennie Starks, who spent 20 years in prison before DNA pointed away from him. Assistant State's Attorney Jim Newman appeared at a...

Lake County announces new arrests in killings once linked to other men

December 24, 2018 at 1:08 p.m.

Lake County prosecutors this afternoon announced new murder charges in two notorious slayings that had been attributed to other men until DNA pointed away from the suspects. The announcement comes...

Lake County won’t retry man who spent 20 years in prison on rape charge

May 16, 2019 at 10:39 a.m.

Potentially adding another prosecution to a series of cases sunk by DNA evidence, Lake County prosecutors have said they do not plan to retry Bennie Starks on rape charges from...

Man, 18, charged in West Englewood shooting

December 24, 2018 at 2:35 a.m.

An 18-year-old Chicago man fired into a crowd outside a South Side home Thursday night, wounding five people before fleeing directly into the hands of officers, authorities said. William Stovall...

Man held on 150K in Englewood shooting

December 24, 2018 at 2:35 a.m.

An 18-year-old Chicago man fired into a crowd outside a home on the South Side on Thursday night, wounding five people before fleeing directly into the hands of officers, authorities...

Suspect ‘John Doe’ tried to escape arrest by pretending to be asleep, prosecutors say

May 16, 2019 at 10:28 a.m.

After ditching an allegedly stolen minivan and running from police, a Chicago man tried to avoid arrest by diving through the open front window of his home, running to a...

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