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Former Lake County assistant state's attorney Rod Drobinski stepped aside from the office earlier this year to set up a private practice.

Drobinski leaves Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office for private practice

May 10, 2019 at 11:03 p.m.

Capping his career as an assistant state's attorney, Rod Drobinski has opened a private practice in Waukegan after retiring as a prosecutor Jan. 31. Drobinski had been with the Lake...

Downstate woman receives periodic imprisonment in fatal Waukegan DUI

May 10, 2019 at 11:03 p.m.

A woman from Sumner, Ill., was sentenced to 30 months of periodic imprisonment after pleading guilty to aggravated DUI for a June 2014 single-vehicle crash in Waukegan that killed her...

Election attorney: Cases like Rudd’s ‘probably the exception, not the rule’

May 23, 2019 at 11:49 p.m.

Five months after he was in court fighting to get on the ballot, Thomas Rudd was posting bond to stay out of jail on charges he falsified election documents in...

Man guilty of murder in 2013 Waukegan motel stabbing

May 10, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

After more than two days of deliberations, a Lake County jury found Kevin Curtis guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder for the 2013 stabbing of a 19-year-old former Lake Villa resident...

Former Lake County coroner turns himself in on perjury charges

May 23, 2019 at 11:49 p.m.

Former Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd turned himself in to authorities on felony perjury charges Thursday morning, posted bail and was released without having to attend Bond Court. Rudd's attorney...

Former Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd, shown Aug. 18, 2016, has been indicted on five felony counts of perjury following an investigation by Lake County sheriff's detectives and the Office of Professional Standards, a news release said.

Ex-Lake County coroner indicted on perjury charges over election signatures

May 23, 2019 at 11:49 p.m.

Former Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd has been indicted on five felony counts of perjury, with authorities alleging he falsely claimed to have witnessed signatures on his election nominating petitions....

No verdict yet in Waukegan stabbing trial; jury foreman reveals possible rift

May 10, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

After a day-and-a-half of deliberations, a Lake County jury had not reached a verdict Tuesday in the trial of Kevin Curtis, charged with murder in the fatal 2013 stabbing of...

Waukegan man charged in McDonald’s stabbing

May 10, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

A Waukegan man was arrested Tuesday in the stabbing a 70-year-old man in a random attack at a McDonald's on Friday in which, according to authorities, the suspect said he...

Defendant in Highland Park homicide found unfit for trial

May 10, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

Twice this month, felony defendants initially found fit for trial procedures following evaluation at mental health facilities have been sent back for further evaluation by Lake County Circuit Court judges....

Defendant says Waukegan fatal stabbing accidental; case goes to jury

May 10, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

Following lengthy closing arguments Friday afternoon, a Lake County jury began deliberations into whether Kevin Curtis, charged with murder, purposefully stabbed 19-year-old Jacob Blum in a Waukegan motel or whether...

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