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Police find drugs and bullets in suspicious vehicle

Police in Illinois say that reports of a suspicious vehicle in Joliet on the evening of Aug. 28 led to the discovery of heroin, cocaine, drug paraphernalia and a substantial quantity of 9mm handgun ammunition. A 24-year-old woman was taken into custody by officers at the scene. She was subsequently transported to a Will County detention facility on drug and weapons possession charges. Officers who were dispatched to West Jefferson Street at about 8:00 p.m....

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Illinois man sentenced to 12 years for cocaine possession

On July 26, an Illinois judge sentenced a 44-year-old man to 12 years in prison for dealing cocaine from his Montgomery home. The defendant was also ordered to pay a fine of $23,000. According to Kane County authorities, officers executed a search warrant at the defendant’s home on the 1800 block of Candlelight Circle in November 2017. During the search, they uncovered around 255 grams of cocaine hidden in a backpack in a bedroom closet....

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Federal prosecutors charge 3 in Illinois with meth trafficking

A multi-agency investigation that included the Jacksonville Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service resulted in the arrest of 2 men and 1 woman in Jacksonville. All of them appeared in federal court, where the criminal complaint detailed their charges related to methamphetamine distribution. The three people stood accused of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine as well as possession. The oldest among the defendants, a 40-year-old man, received additional firearms charges...

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3 charged after police stop alleged drug deal

On May 23, Illinois authorities took two men and a woman into custody after Aurora police suspected that a drug transaction was in process. The two men were identified as 21-year-old Aurora residents while the woman was identified as a 21-year-old Geneva resident. A second woman, age 19, was not charged. Authorities said that they received a report about suspicious activity occurring near the Arbor and Savannah Drives intersection at about 5:15 p.m. When they...

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Man and woman accused of trafficking meth and oxycodone

Agents from the West Central Illinois Task Force have reported the arrest of two out-of-state people on drug charges after monitoring the 900 block of Jefferson in Quincy. They initiated a traffic stop of a 2007 Dodge Nitro driven by a 39-year-old woman for an unspecified traffic violation. Her male passenger, 37, ran away from the vehicle. Police pursued him on foot and captured him. The police searched the man and woman and the vehicle...

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Southern Illinois Drug Task Force nets arrests

The spread of drug addiction in the past few decades have resulted in an increased number of drug enforcement actions in Illinois and across the U.S. Earlier this year, the Southern Illinois Drug Task Force conducted an investigation that led to the arrests of four people. According to the SIDTF, a 30-year-old man from Salem was arrested for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to deliver it. A 27-year-old West Frankfort woman was arrested for possessing...

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Teen faces drug charges after pizza parlor incident

A 19-year-old man was charged with possession of a controlled substance after he was seen snorting cocaine in the restroom of a pizza shop in Palos Hills, Illinois. He was also seen smoking marijuana in the beer garden at the same location with another individual. The man and the other individual were both escorted off the premises. The man then threw a baggie of cocaine and the cannabis underneath his car, which resulted in police...

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Global drug possession penalties vary widely

As in other regions of the country and places around the world, Illinois criminalizes the possession of designated controlled substances, often referred to as illegal drugs. The penalties for drug possession can vary significantly depending on the specific drug a person has as well as the amount that they possess and their previous record for drug charges. The charges could range from misdemeanor charges for possession of marijuana to felony charges for possession of cocaine,...

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Illinois man sentenced to 35 years in prison for drugs, guns

On Feb. 23, an Illinois judge sentenced a 45-year-old man to 35 years in prison after he was convicted of drug trafficking and illegal firearms charges. He must also complete eight years of supervised release once he’s out of prison. The defendant, who lives in Champaign, was taken into custody in late 2016 for dealing over a kilogram of crack cocaine. At the time of his arrest, he had cocaine, heroin, various other illicit drugs...

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