Deerfield Crime
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‘You can’t do this on your own’: Cook Co. sheriff’s program helps recovering addicts maintain sobrietyJun 19, 2024 5:52 pm - Four decades into his recovery, self-described former street hustler and ex-convict Benny Lee still attends weekly meetings that help him maintain sobriety. “I’ve sat where you sit,” he told more than 40 people at Ready 4 Recovery, a Cook County sheriff’s department program for individuals who’ve completed drug and/or alcohol treatment and need ongoing support.
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Exonerated former Gurnee man receives certificate of innocenceJun 18, 2024 7:02 pm - Three decades after he was wrongly convicted and sent to prison for the 1993 murder of his ex-wife, former Gurnee resident Herman Williams is officially an innocent man.
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Vernon Hills man found guilty in fatal 2021 Gurnee shootingJun 17, 2024 6:53 pm - A Vernon Hills man was convicted of second-degree murder involving a shooting in the Gurnee Mills parking lot in 2021
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Skeletal remains found near Zion-area state parkJun 17, 2024 6:56 pm - Investigators are trying to determine the identity, cause and manner of death of skeletal remains found last week near Zion.
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Authorities: Beach Park man took woman hostage, killed her dogJun 17, 2024 7:57 pm - Lake County sheriff’s deputies took a Beach Park man into custody Sunday on charges of holding the mother of his child hostage and killing her dog.
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Why Glen Ellyn police chief says Jimmy Buffett saved his lifeJun 13, 2024 4:55 pm - The late Jimmy Buffett is best remembered for tropical rock hits like “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” but Glen Ellyn Police Chief Philip Norton fondly recalls the singer for more personal reasons. “Jimmy Buffett saved my life,” Norton told his village board last month.
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Carpentersville woman convicted in toddler’s death to get clemency hearingJun 14, 2024 9:41 am - Melissa Calusinski, the former day care worker convicted of the 2009 death of Deerfield toddler Benjamin Kingan receives a clemency hearing next month before the Illinois Prisoner Review Board
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Highland Park man accused of killing brothers waives extraditionJun 11, 2024 7:19 pm - The Highland Park man accused of murdering his two older brothers and burning down their late mother’s house last week has waived extradition proceedings in St. Louis and is expected back in Illinois within a week.
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Mundelein-area man arrested after threatening neighbors, police sayJun 11, 2024 8:48 pm - A Mundelein-area man was arrested Tuesday morning after reportedly threatening neighbors with a knife, authorities said. Luis Maganda-Chino, 40, of the 26200 block of Nor...
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Highland Park man accused of murdering his older brothers, setting home on fireJun 07, 2024 7:24 pm - A Highland Park man is in custody and awaiting extradition from Missouri in the shooting deaths of his two brothers earlier in the week.