Chicago officers reportedly found 350 pounds of marijuana during the search of a home in the Southwest Side, which led to the arrest on Saturday of a 22-year-old man who has now been charged with felony possession of marijuana. The home search was reportedly based on...
Month: January 2014
Chicago police raid ends with man charged for drug possession
A 25-year-old man has been arrested after police raided his apartment. He was charged for drug possession on three counts, one of which was a felony. Reportedly, the man was using his apartment to cook up a large amount of drug-laced edibles that would cure any sweet...
Lawmakers consider proposals to revising mandatory sentencing
In the coming weeks and months, lawmakers in Senate will reportedly be considering a bill examining mandatory minimum sentences. The latter, as some of our readers may know, are minimum court decisions which limit judicial discretion regarding sentencing, as a matter...
Lake County family sues officers over shoddy police work
A suburban Chicago family has reportedly filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group, one officer in particular, and "unknown police officers" in connection with an incident over the summer. The Lake County Metropolitan...
Drug case against African man remains open in Chicago
Many of our Chicago readers have heard of the Netflix series "Orange is the New Black," which tells the fictional story of a woman who is incarcerated in a federal prison for taking a suitcase filled with drug money to her former girlfriend, an international drug...