A 39-year-old Waukegan man who faced the prospect of prison time after pleading guilty to driving while drunk and causing a fatal 2019 crash in Beach Park was sentenced to three years of periodic imprisonment by a Lake County judge Wednesday afternoon.
A Buffalo Grove teen charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer will avoid time behind bars after accepting a deal with prosecutors Thursday.
The trial of a Park City woman accused of failing to give her 11-year-old son, who died in 2016, the medical care he required after a heart transplant finally begins Monday. Jennifer Stroud, 41, faces felony charges of involuntary manslaughter and endangering the life of a child. The trial was delayed due to the pandemic.
A former employee of the Lake County coroner s office accused of making a secret recording of herself speaking to a grieving person while on the job in July 2018 has agreed to a plea deal to avoid a trial and a prison sentence.