Articles filed under Heroin
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New trial denied in Wheaton heroin overdose deathSep 04, 2014 1:01 am - A Summit woman found guilty last month of supplying her friend with a fatal dose of heroin in 2012 in Wheaton now faces between six and 30 years in prison. DuPage County...
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Naperville man charged with bringing heroin into DuPage jailAug 29, 2014 1:01 am - A Naperville man is behind bars charged with several heroin-related crimes, including bringing the drug into a penal institution by hiding it in his rectum. Michael Chac...
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Dad of teen who overdosed trains parents to use antidoteAug 08, 2014 5:00 am - “Coulda, woulda, shoulda” sums up how Tim Ryan of Naperville feels about the lifesaving role the heroin overdose reversal drug Naloxone might have played in the life of ...
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Berlin: DuPage drug-induced homicide cases will only increaseAug 06, 2014 5:30 am - DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin and his prosecutors are now 2-0 when it comes to prosecuting the relatively new charge of drug-induced homicide. Unfortunate...
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Former Naperville heroin addict's son dies from overdoseAug 04, 2014 1:01 am - Tim Ryan's oldest son wanted to follow his father's career footsteps into a job as an executive recruiter. Instead, 20-year-old Nicholas "Nick" Ryan wound up following h...
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Summit woman found guilty in Wheaton heroin deathAug 04, 2014 1:01 am - A DuPage County jury deliberated for nearly four hours Monday night before finding a Summit woman guilty of supplying her friend with a fatal dose of heroin in 2012 in W...
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Heroin overdose confirmed in 2012 Wheaton deathAug 01, 2014 1:01 am - Augustina Taylor's death in the late-night hours of June 27, 2012, was caused by a lethal combination of heroin and cocaine, a former DuPage County forensic pathologist ...
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Trial begins in Wheaton drug-induced homicide caseJul 31, 2014 1:01 am - Augustina Taylor had just more than 24 hours to celebrate her newfound freedom from prison on June 26, 2012, before she again succumbed to her drug addiction demons, aut...
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DuPage's second drug-induced homicide trial to beginJul 30, 2014 1:01 am - The trial of a South suburban woman accused of supplying a fatal dose of heroin to her friend in Wheaton is set to begin Thursday morning. Jennifer Nere, 34, of Summit, ...
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Drug abuse fought in name of St. Charles man who succumbed to heroinJul 25, 2014 5:30 am - It started seven years ago as a one-mile walk through Aurora to battle substance abuse. But the Chris Walk Night Out Against Substance Abuse has grown into much more, He...