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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...
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