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Drug Related Crime
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After felony convictions, Elgin man now has chance to become a marijuana craft grower
Jan 18, 2020 4:49 PM - After his felony drug convictions nearly 23 years ago, Peter Maccaro hopes to start a new chapter by taking advantage of marijuana's legalization and its social equity program to become a grower. -
Why convicted heroin dealer wants records of cop facing cocaine possession charge
Jan 16, 2020 3:14 PM - A St. Charles man convicted of heroin delivery from a 2017 arrest is awaiting a judge's review of a personnel file of a Kane County Sheriff's sergeant charged with cocaine possession. -
Police: Man was dealing drugs out of home near Lake Forest High School
Jan 9, 2020 6:43 PM - A Lake Forest man faces multiple felony charges after an investigation police say began after receiving reports of drug dealing to students at Lake Forest High School. -
Waukegan man gets 6 years in prison for providing drugs in overdose death
Dec 20, 2019 12:20 PM - A Waukegan man was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison for providing the drugs in the overdose death of a 39-year-old McHenry woman in June 2018. -
Villa Park police worker pleads guilty to official misconductDec 17, 2019 4:50 PM - A Villa Park police employee pleaded guilty Tuesday to official misconduct, over theft of pills from evidence.
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Addison man faces variety of drug charges
Dec 9, 2019 5:23 PM - An Addison man faces a variety of drug charges. -
Kane County sheriff's sergeant charged with cocaine possessionDec 4, 2019 5:25 PM - A 15-year sergeant at the Kane County sheriff's office has been arrested and charged with cocaine possession in February 2019.
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Sheriff: Lake County man sold deadly combination of heroin, fentanyl
Oct 30, 2019 3:47 PM - A Park City man is behind bars in the Lake County jail facing charges that he sold a Lake Villa-area woman a deadly dose of heroin laced with fentanyl. -
4 years in prison for Cary woman in Xanax overdose that killed 19-year-old
Oct 26, 2019 5:12 PM - A Cary woman was sentenced Friday to four years in prison after pleading guilty to a reduced charge to providing Alprazolam, or Xanax, to a 19-year-old in spring 2018 that resulted in a fatal overdose. -
How prescription drug takeback events are combating the opioid crisis
Oct 25, 2019 7:37 AM - When the DEA partnered with police across the country to collect unused prescription drugs, it was mainly to reduce the environmental hazards of improper disposal. Nearly a decade and 12 million pounds of pills later, the effort is a key part of the effort to combat the opioid crisis.
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