The developments provided investigators with enough proof to link Jose Puga, 51, of Wonder Lake, to the crimes committed against the 15-year-old girl. Harmon said that Puga is an associate and ...

A Lake County, Illinois man is charged with the human trafficking of a 15-year-old girl, the sheriff's office said Tuesday.

A Wonder Lake man has been charged in connection with a human trafficking case that involved the sexual exploitation of a teenage girl, the Sheriff’s Office said this week.

Now, six years later, 51-year-old Jose Puga was arrested in connection with the case. Authorities said as the investigation progressed, new evidence and witnesses came to light, providing ...

Jose Puga, 51, was charged with human trafficking and aggravated criminal sexual abuse, police said. Police tied the arrest to an investigation that led to an arrest of a woman in 2019 for ...