Crime

Lake Zurich police blotter

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Lake Zurich, Hawthorn Woods and Kildeer police departments. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law can make that determination. Lake Zurich TRAFFIC Joseph …

Crime Commission offers reward for heroin arrests

The Illinois State Crime Commission and the Police Athletic League of Illinois plan to air television ads highlighting $1,000 rewards for turning in drug dealers who supply heroin to adolescents.

Lake Forest chiropractor gets prison for health care fraud

A Lake Forest chiropractor was sentenced to more than six years in prison Monday for defrauding an insurance company out of millions of dollars by ordering unnecessary tests and visits.

Woman testifies ex-boyfriend beat her mother to death

Kristina Aksman said she saw her boyfriend, Daniel Baker, break into her Vernon Hills house, then pummel her panicked mother with a baseball bat. “He hit her on the knee and then on the face,” the 22-year-old Aksman said haltingly. “Then she fell on the …

Alleged killer of girlfriend’s mother found mentally fit to stand trial

Daniel Baker’s attorneys lost a last-ditch effort Monday to have the Deerfield man found mentally unfit to stand trial for the 2010 beating death of his girlfriend’s mother.

Lake County charges three with unlawful use of credit card

Three people have been arrested for their alleged roles in a pickpocket scam that began in January at the Deer Park Town Center. Michelle L. Johnson, 26, of Chicago; Marva D. Karikari, 40, of Darien; and Rickey Anderson, 45, of Chicago, have all been charged …