Family of Uber driver killed with stolen knife, machete sues Walmart
The family of an Uber driver who was hacked to death while on the job has sued Walmart, where authorities said the driver's teenage attacker stole weapons — a machete...
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Fox Lake cop widow’s trial is delayed; state to appeal ruling barring her emails
Prosecutors said Monday they will go to a higher court to try again for permission use emails and texts between Melodie Gliniewicz and her late husband as evidence at her...
At funeral for stabbed Uber driver, he’s remembered as ‘a kind soul in a cruel world’
Uber driver Grant Nelson spent his last evening alive talking and laughing with his parents and brother around the dinner table. Then he got an Uber alert and left to...
Girl, 16, accused of killing Uber driver with stolen knife, machete
A teenage girl from Chicago who has been charged with killing an Uber driver randomly attacked the man with a knife and a machete that she had just stolen from...
Uber driver killed in Lincolnwood while dropping off passenger, cops say
A 16-year-old girl has been charged as an adult in the stabbing death early Tuesday of a Wilmette man who was working for Uber when he was killed in Lincolnwood,...
Waukegan man found guilty of stabbing, killing cousin
A Waukegan man who fatally stabbed his cousin during a fight has been found guilty of second-degree murder. Juan Guajardo, 41, claimed he acted in self-defense when he stabbed his...
Murder suspect says he lied to police because he feared being deported again
A Waukegan man accused of stabbing his two cousins, one fatally, said from the witness stand Wednesday that he'd acted out of self-defense but admitted he'd first lied to authorities...
Lawyer: Man in murder trial says he stabbed cousin in self-defense
A Waukegan man went on trial Monday in the stabbing death of his cousin, but his lawyer claims he acted in self-defense when his cousin "went off on him" in...
Court win for Fox Lake cop widow: Judge bans texts to husband from trial
The widow of disgraced Fox Lake police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz won a victory in court Thursday when a judge ruled that texts and emails she exchanged with her husband cannot...
Woman who claimed she saw Fox Lake police shooting suspects gets probation
A Lake County woman pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct Monday for falsely telling police that she had encountered the suspects in the shooting of Fox Lake police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz....