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Lake County prosecutors: alleged drunk driver who hit Gurnee storage facility has “at least” six DUIs

An alleged intoxicated driver who hit a U-Haul loading ramp and storage unit door in Gurnee on Saturday after what prosecutors said was “at least” his sixth DUI is being held in Lake County Jail pending a Detention court hearing Tuesday. The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office filed the necessary paperwork to detain Bradford Goar, […]

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Lake County man ordered released from jail under SAFE-T Act despite his third DUI, driving with BAC four times legal limit

A 40-year-old man arrested in Lake County for his third DUI after recording a BAC four times the legal limit was released Sunday because prosecutors were unable to hold him under the state’s SAFE-T Act. Manuel Pineda-Chavez, 40, appeared in front of Lake County Associate Judge Jacquelyn Melius Sunday on charges of aggravated DUI/3rd time, […]