Articles filed under Heroin
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Study of suburban opioid deaths points to heroin as the chief killerFeb 21, 2021 7:44 am - A report on opioid-related overdose deaths in suburban Cook County released Friday found that heroin is the chief killer, and the highest death rates were in several Wes...
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Constable: Suburban cops help Zion felon make up for lost timeJan 18, 2021 5:36 am - The first car he stole at age 13, the drug dealer he shot, the $25,000 worth of baby formula he stole to pay for his heroin addiction, the years he spent behind bars - a...
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Cook County sees record numbers of opioid, gun deaths in 2020Jan 04, 2021 10:54 am - The Cook County medical examiner's office handled record numbers of opioid deaths and gun-related homicides in 2020, as well as a record number of total cases because of...
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Sheriff's dog helps find Johnsburg man who had overdosedMay 28, 2020 6:30 am - A Lake County sheriff's office dog helped officers locate a Johnsburg man who had left his home early Monday morning after overdosing. Deputy John Forlenza and his polic...
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My Child's Life Matters helps those dealing with opioid addictionsFeb 28, 2020 5:33 am - Kathy and Robb Zander lost their son, John Allen, to fentanyl poisoning almost three years ago - four days before his 23rd birthday. They are not alone in their grief. ...
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Could carrying lifesaving drug cost first responders their life insurance?Feb 08, 2020 2:57 pm - As the opioid crisis claimed hundreds of victims in the suburbs, and tens of thousands nationwide, cartridges of the overdose-reversing agent naloxone became nearly as e...
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Why convicted heroin dealer wants records of cop facing cocaine possession chargeJan 17, 2020 5:06 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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Elgin man charged in West Dundee woman's overdose deathJan 16, 2020 10:31 pm - An Elgin man has been charged in the overdose death of a 30-year-old woman from West Dundee in 2018. Gehovani R. Gomez, of the 800 block of Bode Road, faces a felony cha...
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Waukegan man gets 6 years in prison for providing drugs in overdose deathDec 20, 2019 8:57 pm - 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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5 years in prison for first of two in 2018 McHenry Twp. overdose deathDec 13, 2019 5:17 pm - A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the heroin-fentanyl overdose death of a McHenry man in September 2018. Kenneth M. Harris of ...