Round Lake Beach man pleads to murder in brothers’ shooting: ‘This negotiated plea ensures this defendant is still held accountable’
By Clifford Ward
Published on May 6, 2026.
Lynell Glover, a man from Round Lake Beach, has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of Anthony Awad, 17, and injury to Jonathan Awad. The conviction was overturned on appeal after Glover's attorneys argued that the jury's deliberations were influenced by a prosecution PowerPoint presentation mistakenly sent to the jury room by mistake. The State's Attorney for the murder case stated that this negotiated plea ensures that the defendant is still held accountable for killing a 17-year-old boy.
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