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A judge denied pre-trial release for a suspect accused of attacking an officer by repeatedly punching him in the face while trying to flee a traffic stop in Hainesville.
A judge dismissed a felony charge against a convicted murderer after ruling the Wonder Lake man's prior conviction for killing his wife does not count as a previous domestic battery conviction.
A grand jury has indicted two gunmen who prosecutors say opened fire, killing a man and a woman, described as "random and innocent victims," as they walked down the sidewalk in Waukegan.
A female jail inmate transported to the sheriff's headquarters in Waukegan attempted to escape by climbing into the ceiling after arriving for an interview with detectives, officials said.
A judge rejected a former Crystal Lake attorney's request to have his five-year prison sentence reduced for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed a motorcyclist in Crystal Lake.