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Woman charged with strangling juvenile daughter, punching her during attack in Lake Villa

Prosecutors say a Winthrop Harbor woman strangled her juvenile daughter and punched her during an attack at a residence in Lake Villa. Corrie R. Vandervere, 36, of Winthrop Harbor, was charged with aggravated domestic battery, aggravated battery and two counts of domestic battery. Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney Kelse Banks said during a bond hearing […]

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Lake County Sheriff’s Canine Dax finds battery suspect in Beach Park and unresponsive woman near Libertyville over the weekend

Lake County Sheriff’s K9 Dax and his partner, Deputy John Forlenza, found and helped apprehend a man who allegedly battered a family member in Beach Park overnight on Saturday. Dax also located an unresponsive woman near Libertyville the next day. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 2 a.m. Saturday to a residence in the […]

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Man punched newborn’s mother in the head during argument over baby’s name at Highland Park Hospital, prosecutors say

Prosecutors say a man punched the mother of his newborn baby in the head during an argument over what to name the child while at Highland Park Hospital. Tevin M. Hoskins, 27, of the 200 block of West Forest Avenue in Round Lake, was charged with domestic battery causing bodily harm and domestic battery physical […]

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$2 million bond for man charged in hatchet, hammer attack that left woman seriously injured in Crystal Lake

A judge ordered a man held on a $2 million bond for allegedly attacking a woman with a hatchet and hammer, leaving her seriously injured in Crystal Lake on Saturday. The incident occurred around 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the 1300 block of Skyridge Drive in Crystal Lake. Crystal Lake Deputy Police Chief Richard Neumann said […]