A driver has been sentenced to probation after authorities say he drove through a red light while speeding and caused a three-vehicle crash that killed a “loving mother, grandmother” in Waukegan. Francisco J. Martinez, 52, of Waukegan, was charged in December 2023 with two counts of reckless homicide, a Class 3 felony. A Lake County […]
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’40K, 30 seconds, no tricks’: Jury convicts man of armed bank robbery in Round Lake Beach, threatening to kidnap customer
A federal jury found a convicted bank robber guilty of committing another bank robbery in Round Lake Beach where he flashed a handgun and threatened to kidnap a customer while grabbing her. Francisco Martinez, 32, of Des Plaines, entered the First Midwest Bank, located at 1777 North Cedar Lake Road in Round Lake Beach, around […]
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Grand jury charges man with reckless homicide in multiple-vehicle crash that killed woman in Waukegan
A grand jury has charged a man with reckless homicide after he allegedly drove through a red light and caused a three-vehicle crash that killed a 64-year-old woman in Waukegan. Francisco J. Martinez, 50, of Waukegan, was charged with two counts of reckless homicide, a Class 3 felony. A Lake County grand jury returned the […]