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12 Suburban Residents Nabbed In Crack Cocaine Ring
CHICAGO (STMW) – Police say they were not the kind of local businessmen you want in your neighborhood. And although they were drug dealers, federal affidavits show they had the same concerns as other...
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Bears’ Hurd To Face Federal Drug Charges In Texas
Updated 12/15/11 – 6 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Bears wide receiver Sam Hurd is accused of trying to set up a drug ring by buying huge amounts of cocaine and marijuana from a supplier in Texas, federal...
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Bears’ Hurd Released On $100K Bond
CHICAGO (CBS) — Bears wide receiver Sam Hurd, who faces federal drug charges, was released on $100,000 cash bond Friday after being dumped by his team. Hurd was arrested earlier this week for allegedly...
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Ex-Cop, Four Others Guilty Of Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine
CHICAGO (STMW) - A former Chicago Police officer and four co-defendants were convicted Tuesday of various charges in a federal case that involved allegations of murder, robbery and kidnapping — and...
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Citizen Tip Leads To Alleged Drug House
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (STMW) – Police continue to move on citizen tips on drug houses in the city, executing another search warrant this week that adds up to almost half a dozen in the last few months. On...
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Drunk Driver Pleads Guilty Again, 13 Years After Girl’s Death
JOLIET, Ill. (STMW) – The man responsible for killing a 10-year-old girl in a 1999 drunken-driving crash admitted Monday he drove under the influence again in 2010. Glen R. Higginbotham, 33, of...
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Joliet Police Reduce Narcotics To Dust With ‘Drug Terminator’
JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) — Joliet police are doing their part to eradicate drugs from the streets, using a powerful tool of destruction called the Drug Terminator. As WBBM Newsradio’s Pat Cassidy reports,...
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Loaded Gun, Cocaine, Missing Woman Found During Traffic Stop
GURNEE, Ill. (STMW) – A traffic stop of a car in Gurnee Saturday night yielded come crack cocaine, a loaded handgun and a missing, possibly endangered person — all in the company of a man out on parole...
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19 Arrested In Federal Drug Trafficking Investigation
CHICAGO (CBS) – Federal prosecutors have charged 19 people for taking part in two drug rings that supplied large quantities of powder and crack cocaine to the city and suburbs. WBBM Newsradio’s John...
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Ex-Lake County Prosecutor Could Lose Law License Over Drug-Dealing Roommate
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (CBS) — A 30-year old former Lake County prosecutor’s law license is in jeopardy, as he has admitted to having a drug dealer as a roommate while he was sometimes handling drug cases. As...
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Bartlett Boater Indicted In Petite Lake Fatal
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (STMW) – A Lake County grand jury approved reckless homicide and aggravated DUI charges Wednesday for the Bartlett man accused of being high on cocaine and under the influence of alcohol...
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Cops Find $10 Million Worth Of Cocaine In McKinley Park Home
CHICAGO (STMW) – Prosecutors said police found 79 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of about $10 million in the home of a McKinley Park man after they arrested him Friday night. Jose Pelayo...
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Police Find $10 Million Worth Of Cocaine In McKinley Park Home
CHICAGO (CBS) — Prosecutors said police found 79 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of about $10 million in the home of a McKinley Park man after they arrested him Friday night. Jose Pelayo...
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Truck Noise Complaint Leads To Cocaine Charge
ELGIN (STMW) — A man revving his pickup truck’s engine in his own driveway was arrested Wednesday in northwest suburban Elgin after a neighbor complained about the noise, and responding police found...
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Man Convicted Of DUI In Crash That Killed Lombard Biker
WHEATON, Ill. (STMW) – A 32-year-old southwest suburban man has been found guilty of causing a fatal crash last spring that claimed the life of a motorcyclist in Naperville. Michael Moreno of the 11700...
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911 Tape Reveals Accused Judge’s Pleas For Colleague To Wake Up
(CBS) – A former southern Illinois judge who has been charged with drug possession can be heard on a 911 tape trying to revive a colleague who died of a cocaine overdose. WBBM Newsradio’s Nancy Harty...
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Police Charge 23 In Drug Distribution Ring
CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago Police, the Drug Enforcement Administration and other agencies announced a major drug bust this afternoon, WBBM’s Terry Keshner. play pause Police Charge 23 In Drug Distribution...
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Man Arrested On Drug Charge After Getting Locked In Forest Preserve Lot
(STMW) – A man carrying cocaine in his car ended up calling the cops on himself Thursday night in a forest preserve near south suburban Crete, the Joliet Herald-News is reporting. Will County Forest...
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Cops Seize $700K Of Drugs, Eight Guns In NW Indiana Bust
CROWN POINT, Ind. (CBS) – Authorities in Lake County, Ind., on Tuesday showed off about three quarters of a million dollars worth of drugs seized in undercover operations in the past week, and six...
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Five Gang Members Charged After Elgin Drug Bust
CHICAGO (STMW) – Five gang members face drug dealing charges after a drug bust in northwest suburban Elgin tha concluded a year-and-a-half long federal investigation, the FBI announced Tuesday. James...
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Former NFL Player Arrested On Drug Charges At Chicago Nightclub
CHICAGO (STMW) – Former Denver Broncos player John Moffitt was arrested on battery and drug possession charges early Sunday morning at The Underground nightclub in River North. Cook County Judge James...
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Emanuel Presses Springfield To Reduce Penalties For Minor Drug Possession
CHICAGO (CBS) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel has called on state lawmakers to ease up on penalties for small-time drug possession cases, even though the city’s own effort to issue tickets for marijuana...
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Secret Testimony Of Chicago Twins Who Took On ‘El Chapo’
CHICAGO (STMW) – It’s more than five years since they provided the evidence that helped bring down the inner circle of the world’s most wanted criminal. For their own safety, Chicago drug-dealing twins...
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Reputed “El Chapo” Lieutenant To Be Sentenced In Drug Cartel Case
CHICAGO (AP) — A reputed lieutenant of captured Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman was to be sentenced Monday for his part in a $1 billion conspiracy to traffic narcotics to Chicago and other...
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South Loop Traffic Stop Nets More Than $200K In Drugs
CHICAGO (STMW) — Officers in the Chicago Police Department’s Bicycle Unit pulled a man over after they saw him talking on a cellphone while at a stoplight in the South Loop during the Thursday evening...
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Prosecutors: Driver In Fatal Indiana Crash In July Was On Cocaine
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Gary man who crashed a church bus in central Indiana in July, killing a 6-year-old boy, allegedly was using cocaine at the time. Hancock County prosecutors said blood results from the...
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Waukegan Man Sold Cocaine To Undercover Officer
(CBS) — A two-month investigation ended with the arrest of a 19-year-old north suburban man who sold cocaine to an undercover officer, according to the Lake County sheriff’s office. Daniel Blalock is...
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Feds Charge 24 With Transporting Drugs To Chicago Via Amtrak
CHICAGO (AP) — Two dozen people are facing federal drug charges after prosecutors say they used Amtrak trains to transport cocaine and heroin from California to Chicago. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in...
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Elgin Man Gets 15 Years For Hiding Kilogram Of Cocaine From Cops
ELGIN — An Elgin man who was found guilty in January of possessing and hiding a kilogram of cocaine in his car was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday. Carlos Garcia-Perez, 51, was convicted of one...
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Aurora Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Selling Drugs, Gun To Informant
CHICAGO (CBS) — An Aurora gang member pleaded guilty Friday to selling drugs and a gun to a confidential police informant. Caleb A. Frazier, 25, agreed to a 10-year prison sentence in exchange for the...
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Students Catch Teacher Doing Drugs In Classroom: Ind. Authorities
(CBS) – A teacher at Lake Central High School in St. John, Ind. faces drug-related charges after allegedly being caught by students using drugs in her classroom. The student witnesses contacted school...
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Fast-Food Customer Finds Extra Item In Bag: Cocaine
(WBBM Newsradio) — Authorities in Northwest Indiana have released security camera footage that appears to show a woman attempt to sell cocaine from her downtown business late last year. The nearly...
View ArticleWoman Claims Wind Blew Cocaine Into Her Purse, Police Say
CBS Local — Authorities say a Florida woman is blaming a windy day for the cocaine that police found in her purse. Kennecia Posey was reportedly one of two passengers in a car stopped for erratic...
View ArticleOne In 8 People Have Cocaine On Their Hands, Study Finds
CBS Local — A British study has found that many people may be coming into contact with illegal substances like cocaine and heroine during their day, even if they don’t use drugs. Researchers at the...
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Nearly $3.2 Million In Heroin And Cocaine Seized From Chicago Residence
CHICAGO (CBS)–Chicago police seized nearly $3.2 million worth of cocaine and $93,050 worth of heroin Tuesday from a residence in Chicago’s Belmont Cragin neighborhood. Narcotics officers seized 2,647...
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Aurora Man, 31, Sentenced To 19 Years In Drug Trafficking Case
CHICAGO (CBS)–An Aurora man connected to another man caught driving with cocaine and heroin concealed inside a semi-truck tire was sentenced to 19 years in prison. Gabriel Aguilar Velez, 31, pleaded...
View ArticleRideshare Passengers Are Routinely Carting Drugs, Driver Says
JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) — A work horse, or a drug mule? A Joliet rideshare driver says passengers are routinely carting narcotics into Ubers and Lyfts. CBS 2’s Lauren Victory explains inside the problem and...
View ArticleDangerous Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Linked To Overdoses, Deaths In Joliet
JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) — Three people have died in two days from a bad batch of drugs in Joliet, and police are warning drug users about a deadly mix making the rounds. As CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar explained,...
View ArticleFentanyl-Laced Cocaine Linked To Two More Apparent Overdose Deaths In Joliet;...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Cocaine laced with fentanyl is suspected in two more deaths in Will county; that makes five since Sunday. Police said they discovered white powder residue near a man found dead around...
View ArticleFederal Authorities Say They Have Shut Down Texas-To-Chicago Drug Pipeline...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Federal authorities announced Thursday that they have raided a drug stash house in a lakefront condo in the Kenwood neighborhood, as part of a probe that shut down a Texas-to-Chicago...
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