Articles filed under Heroin
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DuPage jury finds Chicago man guilty of drug chargesNov 14, 2014 12:01 am - A Chicago man prosecutors say was the first lieutenant of a massive heroin distribution network in Cook and DuPage counties for the past several years faces seven to 30 ...
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DuPage drug cops 'making a difference' in heroin fightOct 30, 2014 5:00 am - 'Middle men' out at all hours to quash the drug supply
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Suburban police no longer feeling 'helpless' against heroinOct 28, 2014 5:30 am - Danielle Nicholas was employed, living in her own apartment and “going places.” Now she's a photo on a Lake County cop's desk. Round Lake Park Police Chief George Filenk...
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Nine years for woman who supplied fatal dose of heroin in WheatonOct 15, 2014 1:01 am - A 34-year-old Summit woman was sentenced to nine years in prison Wednesday for supplying her friend with a fatal dose of heroin in 2012 in Wheaton. Jennifer Nere will be...
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Woman to be sentenced in Wheaton heroin overdose deathOct 14, 2014 1:01 am - A Summit woman found guilty of supplying her friend with a fatal dose of heroin in 2012 in Wheaton will face between six and 30 years in prison when she is sentenced Wed...
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DuPage County sheriff hopefuls debate heroin tacticsOct 06, 2014 5:00 am - DuPage Coroner Richard Jorgensen has confirmed 25 heroin-related deaths so far this year in the county. While the number indicates a downward trend from the 46 deaths in...
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Increased purity, decreasing costs driving heroin useSep 29, 2014 5:30 am - Purity up. Cost down. Experts say it's a formula that has contributed to the rising number of heroin addicts and deaths in the suburbs and nationwide. It also provides s...
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DuPage coroner: Heroin a 'challenge to our society'Sep 29, 2014 5:15 am - In his 20 years as a trauma surgeon, Richard Jorgensen encountered plenty of tragic deaths. It wasn't until he took office less than two years ago as DuPage County coron...
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Editorial: Tenacity in the battle against heroin in the suburbsSep 28, 2014 5:01 am - "As I grew up," Jon Dennison told Daily Herald staff writer Marie Wilson, "drugs kind of took away all my dreams." Dennison is fighting a heroin addiction that is so rel...
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Heroin user still striving to 'get better eventually'Sep 27, 2014 11:00 pm - Jon Dennison isn't over it. His addiction to heroin, which first gripped him when he was 17 and playing football at South Elgin High School, hasn't let him go. Rather, a...