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Heroin
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Batavia woman's outreach to drug addicts is gaining acceptance
Apr 8, 2019 10:27 AM - Lyndsay Hartman kicked off her needle sharing program in Kane County with no local support and a lot of backlash from people unfamiliar with the harm reduction philosophy. But several high level county officials now call her an icon. -
5½ years prison for 2017 Aurora pool hall robbery; 2nd suspect sought
Mar 15, 2019 6:10 PM - A 42-year-old man has been sentenced to 5½ years in prison after admitting to robbing an Aurora pool hall in December 2017. Rolando Fonseca also must pay nearly $6,600 in restitution and prosecutors will recommend to prison officials that he receive drug addiction treatment. A second suspect is still at large. -
Officials hope decrease in opioid deaths continues in McHenry, suburban CookMar 14, 2019 5:30 AM - Despite rising opioid overdose deaths elsewhere in the suburbs, McHenry County and Cook County, excluding Chicago, saw fewer opioid deaths last year. Officials say partnerships and treatment access programs could be why.
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3 years in prison for man in South Elgin heroin distribution ring
Mar 13, 2019 5:55 PM - A 27-year-old Hamphire man, who was one of five people arrested in June 2017 in a South Elgin heroin distribution ring, has been sentenced to three years in prison. Cases against two others are pending, while one defendant was sent to prison and another entered Drug Court. -
Task force expands DuPage's response to opioid crisisMar 2, 2019 8:02 PM - A new specialty court for first-time drug offenders is among the ways DuPage County has expanded its effort to combat the opioid crisis over the past year. The Heroin/Opioid Prevention and Education Taskforce, or HOPE, was created last April to replace the DuPage Coalition Against Heroin.
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Glen Ellyn man who supplied fatal dose of heroin gets 14 years
Feb 13, 2019 6:46 PM - Judge Robert Miller sentenced Jackie Dunklin, 27, who pleaded guilty to drug-induced homicide, during a hearing on Wednesday. -
Two arrested after $1M Kane County heroin bust
Feb 11, 2019 10:37 PM - Two people were arrested and charged last week with selling an estimated $1 million in black tar heroin to an undercover officer. -
Aetna's Guardian Angel program helps opioid patients get the care they need
Jan 25, 2019 6:00 AM - After Aetna clients get hospital treatment for an opioid-related issue, the health insurer has a nurse step in to offer help. -
Waukegan man pleads not guilty to drug-induced homicide charge
Jan 22, 2019 6:04 PM - A Waukegan man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to allegations he sold a combination of heroin and fentanyl to a Mundelein man who later died from an overdose. -
Batavia man gets 6 years in prison for selling heroin
Jan 14, 2019 1:43 PM - A Batavia man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to a felony heroin charge shortly before his trial was to begin.
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