FREEPORT, Ill. (WIFR) – A Stephenson County jury finds a Rockford man guilty of a handful of crimes.
Saul Lara, 30, of Rockford, is found guilty of armed robbery, unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon and three counts of first-degree murder.
On August 17, 2024, Jace Glasgow, 23, of Freeport, was found dead in a bedroom.
Almost a year later, on July 22, 2025, Lara was served a 15-count indictment. At the time, he was already in custody at the Stephenson County Jail for an unrelated weapons charge from October 2024.
According to online court records, on July 30, 2026, before the jury could deliver its verdict, the defense filed a motion to declare a mistrial…