Former sheriff’s officer dies while awaiting trial in jail death case
One of two former corrections officers indicted on felony charges in connection with the death of a Lake County Jail inmate in 2012 has died while awaiting trial. Officials confirmed Wednesday morning...
View ArticleBlotter: Man hits police car, flees officers
The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Lake Forest and Lake Bluff police departments. Readers are reminded an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court...
View ArticlePolice issue a dozen citations in teen drinking party
Highland Park police cited 11 minors with alcohol consumption Dec. 20 after responding to an anonymous complaint about a loud party on the 300 block of Orchard Lane in Highland Park. The party’s host,...
View ArticleLake Bluff police investigate string of car burglaries
Lake Bluff Police are investigating nine separate burglaries to unlocked automobiles parked in residential driveways this week. All of the burglaries happened between 10:30 p.m. Monday and 6:30 a.m....
View ArticleLake Forest police blotter: Teens charged with battery, criminal damage to...
The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Lake Forest Police Department. Readers are reminded an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law can make...
View ArticleFugitive teacher accused of sexual assault headed back to Lake County
The teacher who fled to Bosnia after he was accused of sexually assaulting a minor at Ingleside’s Gavin South Middle School is expected back in Lake County on Saturday night. Michael Vucic, 41, of Lake...
View Article$10M bond set for extradited ex-teacher accused of sex abuse
Lake County judge Sunday set a $10 million bond for a former middle school teacher extradited from Bosnia after authorities say he allegedly had sexual contact with two underage students, according to...
View ArticlePostal Service worker ID’d as suspect in Lake Forest mail theft investigation
A U.S. Postal Service worker is suspected of stealing mail from the Lake Forest Post Office, according to the Postal Service’s Office of the Inspector General. Special Agent Bob Rukes said Tuesday that...
View ArticleDouble-jury case is Lake County’s first in nearly three decades
Prior to this week, the last time the double-jury system was used to hear a case in Lake County Circuit Court was 28 years ago. William Fillyaw, 37, and Johnny Parker, 31, are being retried on...
View ArticleBlotter: Police break up teen party with alcohol
The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Lake Forest and Lake Bluff police departments. Readers are reminded an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court...
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