Articles filed under Drug Related Crime
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Why convicted heroin dealer wants records of cop facing cocaine possession chargeJan 16, 2020 12:00 am - In a bid for a new trial, a St. Charles man convicted of selling heroin in 2017 wants to see the personnel records of a Kane County sergeant who worked on the case and r...
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Police: Man was dealing drugs out of home near Lake Forest High SchoolJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - 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. S...
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Waukegan man gets 6 years in prison for providing drugs in overdose deathDec 20, 2019 12:00 am - 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. Jermal A. Johnson...
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Villa Park police worker pleads guilty to official misconductDec 17, 2019 12:00 am - A Villa Park Police Department employee pleaded guilty to one count of official misconduct Tuesday in a case where he was accused of stealing prescription painkillers fr...
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Addison man faces variety of drug chargesDec 09, 2019 12:00 am - An Addison man was charged Friday with possessing a variety of illegal drugs. David J. Graziano, 50, of the 500 block of Lloyd Avenue, was arrested after police in the D...
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Kane County sheriff's sergeant charged with cocaine possessionDec 04, 2019 12:00 am - A 15-year sergeant with the Kane County sheriff's office was arrested and charged Wednesday with possessing cocaine in February. Aaron J. Feiza, 44, of the 34W700 block ...
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Sheriff: Lake County man sold deadly combination of heroin, fentanylOct 30, 2019 1:00 am - 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. Earl L. Epps, 41,...
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4 years in prison for Cary woman in Xanax overdose that killed 19-year-oldOct 26, 2019 1:00 am - A Cary woman was sentenced Friday to four years in prison after pleading guilty to a reduced charge for providing alprazolam, or Xanax, to a 19-year-old in spring 2018 t...
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How prescription drug takeback events are combating the opioid crisisOct 25, 2019 5:00 am - When the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration first teamed with local police departments across the country for National Drug Take Back Day in 2010, the effort was seen ...
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Constable: Veterinarians need to be dogged about opioid abuseOct 17, 2019 5:30 am - By Burt Constable With more than 47,000 people dying from opioid overdoses in 2017, a massive civil trial that began Wednesday could delve into the manufacture and distr...