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Suspect identified, charged with making bomb threat toward SEDOL campus in Gages Lake

A suspect has been identified and charged after authorities say he made a bomb threat that prompted a lockdown atย the Special Education District of Lake County campus in Gages Lake. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 1:30 p.m. on January 25 to the Special Education District of Lake County (SEDOL) campus in the 18100 […]

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Bomb threat prompts school lockdowns, emergency response at SEDOL campus in Gages Lake

A bomb threat, which was unfounded, prompted a soft lockdown and an emergency response to the Special Education District of Lake County campus in Gages Lake Thursday afternoon. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 1:30 p.m. Thursday to the Special Education District of Lake County (SEDOL) campus in the 18100 block of West Gages […]

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Former Lake County school worker gets supervision in case where he was charged with causing injuries to special ed students

A former Lake County SEDOL employee who was charged for allegedly pushing, pulling or grabbing special education students on six occasions, causing injuries to the kids, has been sentenced to supervision. Nicholas Izquierdo, 32, of the 2900 block of West Glen Flora Avenue in Waukegan, was charged with six counts of endangering the life or […]

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Former Grayslake SEDOL teacher aide gets 24 years in prison for sexually assaulting special needs student

A now-former Lake County special education paraprofessional has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for sexually assaulting a physically and mentally disabled student over the span of two years. Israel Suaste-Gonzalez, 51, of the 19000 block of Cambridge Road in unincorporated Mundelein, was charged in December 2019 with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual […]

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Grayslake SEDOL teacher aide pleads guilty to sexually assaulting special needs student

A now-former Lake County special education paraprofessional has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a physically and mentally disabled student over the span of two years. In December 2019, Israel Suaste-Gonzalez, 50, of the 19000 block of Cambridge Road in unincorporated Mundelein, was charged with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, four counts of criminal […]

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Lawsuit filed against SEDOL after teacher aide charged with sexually assaulting student

A lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the Special Education District of Lake County after a paraprofessional was charged in December with sexually assaulting a physically and mentally disabled student. Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, a Waukegan based law firm, filed the civil lawsuit in Lake County Circuit Court alleging the school district “recklessly failed” to protect […]

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Grayslake SEDOL teacher aide charged with sexually assaulting special needs student

A paraprofessional at SEDOL in Grayslake was charged with over a dozen sex crimes after prosecutors say he sexually assaulted a physically and mentally disabled student numerous times over a two-year period. Israel Suaste-Gonzalez, 49, of the 19000 block of Cambridge Road in unincorporated Mundelein, was charged with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, […]