Hearing set on petition for new trial for day care worker guilty in death
A Sept. 21 hearing was set Monday on a petition for a new trial for Melissa Calusinski, who is serving a 31-year sentence after being convicted of murder in the...
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Shooting suspect to judge: ‘I don’t know why I’m here’
A plea deal deadline passed Thursday afternoon for a man accused of shooting three people in a Waukegan restaurant, with the defendant telling a judge he wanted a new attorney...
Woman who drove heroin to overdose victim gets periodic jail term
A Fox Lake woman was sentenced to periodic imprisonment Thursday after pleading guilty to delivery of a controlled substance in connection with the heroin overdose death of a 29-year-old Lindenhurst...
Gurnee man spared prison in drug-induced homicide case
A Gurnee man accepted a plea deal Wednesday in a drug-induced homicide case and received a sentence including probation and periodic imprisonment. Haitham Qasem, 28, and a co-defendant, Kareem Perkins,...
Hammer attack sentencing set for July 17 in Lake County
A 31-year-old Waukegan man is scheduled for sentencing July 17 in Lake County Circuit Court for hitting an 11-year-old boy with a hammer in April of 2013. In a negotiated...
Round Lake Heights man faces up to 50 years for dealing meth
Against the advice of his attorney, a Round Lake Heights man entered an open guilty plea Wednesday to possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver. Daniel Garcia-Fino, 43, now faces...
Waukegan man has 4 days to mull plea deal in shooting case
A 21-year-old man identified by prosecutors as the shooter in a melee last year in which three people were shot at a Waukegan restaurant has been offered a plea deal...
Indictment: Probation officer took money 9 times, sex twice
Lake County authorities indicated Friday that no further arrests are expected in connection with the indictment of a probation officer who is accused of awarding court-ordered community service hours to...
Same-sex couple married in Lake County celebrates court ruling
In March, just more than a month after Samantha Armes married her partner Meghan in Lake County, the Grayslake native said she felt there was still progress to be made...
Police: Probation officer took money, sex for padding service hours
Following an investigation that lasted nearly a year and a half, a Lake County probation officer has been arrested and jailed on multiple misconduct charges. Anselmo Magana, 44, of Lindenhurst,...