Man denies charges of dealing in illegal drug called ‘bath salts’
A 34-year-old Chicago man who told a Lake County judge that he lost his leg in the civil war in Somalia pleaded not guilty today to intending to deliver and...
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Monk accused of luring girl out on bail
The Benedictine monk accused of trying to abduct a 14-year-old girl in far north suburban Antioch last week is free on bail. Thomas Chmura, 57, who resides at St. Benedict's...
Deerfield man gets 47 years for killing girlfriend’s mother
After multiple outbursts, including obscene remarks, Daniel Baker was escorted out of a Lake County courtroom Monday as a judge sentenced him to 47 years in prison in the beating...
Jereme Richmond, troubled ex-Mr. Basketball, arrested again
Troubled former Illinois Mr. Basketball Jereme Richmond was ordered back to jail this morning after he was accused of making threats against his probation officer. Weeks shy of completing his...
Police: Lake Villa man tried to lure young girls
Bail was set at $1 million today for a Lake Villa man who police said attempted on Wednesday to abduct four Beach Park girls, ages 4 to 8. Henry Wright,...
Jurors can hear statements in murder case, judge rules
Jurors will be allowed to hear statements at Ronald Stolberg's upcoming trial that he allegedly made to police the night he was arrested on charges he suffocated his wife in...
Floodwaters recede in some places but cleanup remains grim
In the middle of the flooded Knollwood subdivision in far northwest suburban Fox Lake sits a tiny island of grass on which residents planned to hold a victory party Monday....
Judge declines to reconsider sentence in sledgehammer attack
A Lake County judge today denied a motion to reconsider the 61 year sentence he imposed last month on a woman convicted in February of the 2003 sledgehammer attack of...
Officials: Man sentenced for punching Metra conductor after Cubs game
The first camera allowed in a Lake County courtroom captured a Libertyville man's sentencing today for punching a Metra conductor in what authorities said was a drunken dispute over the...
Bond set for man shot at Vernon Hills police station
A Mundelein man who was shot by a Vernon Hills police officer inside the police station is being held in the Lake County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond, officials...