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Nearly $5M In Cocaine, Heroin Seized In Bust
CHICAGO (STMW) – Police responding to a call of a suspicious vehicle on the Southwest Side on Friday uncovered nearly $5 million worth of heroin and cocaine in the car, police Supt. Jody Weis announced...
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Drug Busts Net $1 Million, 2 Charged
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two men are in custody after police seized nearly $1 million in cocaine and cannabis Wednesday during two separate South Side drug busts. The first arrest came after police searched a...
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Ex-Cop, Others Charged In Drug Ring
CHICAGO (CBS) - A retired Chicago Police officer is charged with several others in a racketeering conspiracy involving the kidnapping, robbery and murder in a cocaine distribution ring. Glen Lewellen,...
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Police Find 280 Pounds Of Coke Abandoned In Street
Snow in the street is normal in winter. In Cicero, cops recovered a different kind of “snow” left in the street. CICERO, Ill. (AP) - Officials in Cicero say police have recovered more than 280 pounds...
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FBI Busts Southeast Side Drug Operation
CHICAGO (CBS) – Eight suspected gang members and associates have been charged with running a drug market on the city’s Southeast Side. Seven suspected members or associates of the Almighty Latin Kings...
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Bond Set At $500,000 In Suburban Cocaine Arrest
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (STMW) – A north suburban man was ordered held on $500,000 bond Thursday after being arrested with a kilogram of cocaine Thursday night in Waukegan. Deputies of the Lake County Sheriff’s...
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Two Charged In Cocaine Deal
OAK LAWN, Ill. (STMW) – Two Chicago men face drug charges after Oak Lawn police interrupted a drug deal May 16 in a mobile home park at 90th Street and Cicero Avenue, police said. Harvey F. Adams, 26,...
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Evanston Cops Cross Border To Bust Drug Operation
SKOKIE, Ill. (STMW) – Heroin, crack cocaine and other suspected narcotics were seized and two people arrested when north suburban police raided a home on Chicago’s North Side, and a third person was...
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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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