A man faces a mandatory life sentence after a jury found him guilty on Friday of sexually assaulting three children in a 2018 North Chicago incident. Maurice Thompson, 32, of North Chicago, was found guilty Friday by a jury of seven counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under the age of 13, […]
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Jury convicts man of fatally stabbing mother of 2 during home invasion in Round Lake Beach
A jury found a Round Lake man guilty of murdering a 48-year-old mother during a home invasion in Round Lake Beach that prosecutors say stemmed from a dispute over an uncollected debt. Alonzo Campos, Jr., 23, of the 24500 block of West Passavant Avenue in unincorporated Round Lake, was charged in May 2019 with two […]
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Jury convicts man who tried fleeing country after killing 2 women in DUI crash near Grayslake
A jury on Wednesday convicted a Round Lake Beach man for driving drunk and crashing head-on into another car, killing two women near Grayslake in 2019. Victor H. Ortiz, 54, of the 1400 block of Kildeer Drive in Round Lake Beach, was charged with four counts of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol causing […]
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Judge finds Third Lake man guilty of raping, beating woman at Lake County residence
A Third Lake man faces up to 45 years in prison after a judge on Wednesday found him guilty of beating and sexually assaulting a woman inside a residence in Third Lake. Andres Leyva, 31, was charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault causing bodily harm and criminal sexual assault by force. The Lake County Sheriff’s […]