Articles filed under Drug Related Crime
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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...
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Prosecutors: DUI arrest of St. Charles man turns up cache of drugsOct 16, 2019 1:00 am - A 26-year-old St. Charles man faces numerous felony drug charges after a DUI arrest in Elburn early Wednesday turned up Ecstasy, Ketamine, cocaine and Xanax pills, accor...
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Lisle man charged with drug-induced homicide of Darien manOct 15, 2019 1:00 am - A Lisle man is charged with drug-induced homicide for the August death of a 19-year-old Darien resident. Adam P. Roser, 35, of the 5100 block of Lincoln Avenue, is accus...
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Carpentersville man sentenced to 11 years in drug caseOct 10, 2019 1:00 am - A Carpentersville man was sentenced to 11 years in prison for possessing cocaine he intended to deliver, the Kane County state's attorney's office announced Thursday. La...
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$1 million fed grant to help DuPage study, fight opioid addictionOct 07, 2019 1:00 am - DuPage County plans to start an opioid fatality review team to see if it can find common factors in overdose deaths and identify risk factors that lead to opioid abuse. ...
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New trial for man convicted of running down police officer in CarpentersvilleSep 30, 2019 1:00 am - A state appeals court on Monday overturned the conviction and ordered a new trial for a downstate man found guilty of running down a police officer when an undercover dr...
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From soup to markers, drug-sniffing airport dog's nose knows narcoticsSep 28, 2019 1:00 am - The two-year veteran with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Chicago Field Office is the complete package. Loyal, energetic, smart, eager to fight crime. He's also l...
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Man guilty in Crystal Lake heroin-fentanyl deathSep 27, 2019 1:00 am - A 33-year-old Crystal Lake man was convicted of drug-induced homicide Friday after a bench trial in McHenry County. Jeffrey J. Hauck, of the 200 block of Uteg Street, no...
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Man gets 4 years in prison in drug deal-related robberySep 23, 2019 1:00 am - A 19-year-old Montgomery man has been sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to his role in an October 2018 drug deal-related robbery in Aurora in which one m...