Articles filed under Drug Related Crime
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Police, prosecutors find fault with legal pot: How do you test drivers for it?May 20, 2019 5:30 am - A plan to legalize recreational marijuana leaves some Illinois lawmakers on a collision course with many cops and prosecutors tasked with catching stoned drivers. "It's ...
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Carpentersville man caught with 6 pounds of heroin sent to prison for 16 yearsMay 13, 2019 1:00 am - A 37-year-old man charged with possessing six pounds of heroin at two Carpentersville locations in March 2017 has been sentenced to 16 years in prison and fined $100,000...
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Mom who lost two sons to overdoses warns St. Charles students ahead of prom nightMay 03, 2019 5:00 am - Imagine learning from a Twitter hashtag that one of your friends had died. Or worse, that two of your friends, who were brothers, died the same night from mixing alcohol...
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18 years in prison for Gilberts man for Ecstasy delivery while on bailMay 01, 2019 1:00 am - A Gilberts man who was charged with receiving a package from the Netherlands containing Ecstasy while he was free on bail in two other felony cases has pleaded guilty an...
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Carpentersville man charged in several cocaine dealsApr 23, 2019 1:00 am - A Carpentersville man who was free on bond after a March arrest on cocaine charges has been arrested and charged with selling cocaine to Elgin police in late 2017 and in...
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More charges against teen held in Elgin-area, late 2018 stabbingApr 22, 2019 1:00 am - A teen accused of a stabbing in late 2018 at a house in unincorporated Kane County west of Elgin now faces charges he twice sold cocaine to undercover detectives in summ...
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Aurora man with 48 pounds of cocaine, heroin gets 19½-year prison termApr 18, 2019 1:00 am - A third Aurora man has been sentenced to 19½ years in prison after pleading guilty this week to a 2017 bust in which authorities seized 11 kilograms each of cocaine and ...
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Woodstock man gets 7 years in prison for providing fatal heroin overdoseApr 15, 2019 1:00 am - A Woodstock man was sentenced to seven years in prison Monday after admitting to providing a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin to a 43-year-old McHenry man. Christoph...
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3 years in prison for Aurora felon who possessed gunApr 10, 2019 1:00 am - A 36-year-old Aurora man was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to a weapons charge after authorities searched his apartment and found tw...
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13½ years in prison for man caught with 2 kilos of cocaine in ElginApr 08, 2019 1:00 am - A 32-year-old man who was arrested in October 2017 in Elgin with two kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated $200,000 in his vehicle has been sentenced to 13½ years in p...