Articles filed under Drug Related Crime
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New statewide network helps get marijuana convictions expungedNov 19, 2020 12:00 am - Illinois' legalization of cannabis earlier this year means people with arrests or convictions for lower-level marijuana offenses can have their records expunged. While ...
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Aurora heroin dealer gets 9 years in prisonNov 16, 2020 12:00 am - An Aurora man has been sentenced to nine years in prison on heroin charges. Jose A. Pabon, 51, of the 1400 block of South Glen Circle, was sentenced Nov. 9. He was convi...
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Wheeling parolee charged with selling ecstasy to undercover officerNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - A Wheeling parolee with drug cases pending in Skokie and Rolling Meadows courthouses was ordered held without bail Thursday after, prosecutors say, he sold MDMA, also kn...
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Elgin Twp. man gets probation on cocaine chargeNov 06, 2020 12:00 am - An Elgin Township man caught with LSD, cocaine, psychedelic mushrooms, marijuana and other drugs while trespassing at his parents' house pleaded guilty Friday to possess...
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DuPage jail X-ray finds heroin inside womanOct 31, 2020 1:00 am - DuPage County sheriff's deputies found 14 bags of heroin inside a woman thanks to an X-ray machine purchased last year to reduce the need for strip searches, officials s...
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Kane drug court getting $500K federal grantOct 21, 2020 1:00 am - Kane County's Drug Rehabilitation Court is getting a $500,000 three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. It will be used to provide residential treatment for ...
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Carol Stream man pleads guilty, gets 8 years for drug-induced homicideOct 05, 2020 1:00 am - A Carol Stream man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for supplying a fatal dose of fentanyl to a man in 2019. Mark Vecchione, 29, of the 500 block of Canterbur...
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Overdoses linked to counterfeit opioid pillsOct 03, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois has issued a warning about overdoses linked to counterfeit opioid pills bought on the street, DuPage County health authorities said Saturday. The state alerted ...
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Two Elgin men arrested on drug chargesSep 18, 2020 1:00 am - Two Elgin men face criminal charges after police say one of them appeared to engage in drug activity. Jose Solorzano-Martinez, 31, of the 200 block of North Gifford Stre...
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Schaumburg police arrest parolee, stepson on drug chargesSep 18, 2020 1:00 am - A 42-year-old man on parole for a 2018 firearm conviction and his stepson have been charged with possession and intent to deliver cocaine and MDMA, also known as ecstasy...