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Last weekend, six individuals remain in custody after being arrested in East Chicago on suspicion of drug possession. The arrests stemmed from four separate incidents. Three of the individuals were arrested at an apartment after a drug complaint had been filed. Officers reportedly say cannabis in plain sight in an apartment after viewing a cloud of marijuana smoke in the…
With the recent talk about legalizing marijuana, it is a disturbing reminder to hear about the dangerous activity happening on the U.S.-Mexican border. According to federal agents, teens and children as young as 12 years old are becoming involved in the drug smuggling trade on the U.S.-Mexico border, and may be at risk for recruitments. Last year, 190 teens-ages 18…
While seventeen states have already approved use of marijuana by people with certain medical conditions, there had been no states that approved marijuana for recreational use until Tuesday. Washington and Colorado, which both had ballot initiatives on the issue, both passed their measures. Those states are now waiting to hear how the federal government will respond to the measures. Colorado…
Last Friday, a 47-year-old Chicago cop was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being convicted for ripping off $5,200 in cash that he believed belonged to a drug dealer. The homeless man the officer stole the money from last November 21 was actually an FBI informant. Another officer involved in the scheme was, according to the recently convicted officer,…
On Tuesday, law enforcement officials from the Chicago area met in Palos Hills, a suburb west of Chicago, to address the increasing number of heroin-related deaths in suburban Chicago. In Will County, for example, the number of heroin overdoses has gone from five in the last four years to about 70 in the past two years. The reason: heroin is…
On Thursday, a 36-year-old Nixa man was sentenced to life in prison for allegedly participating in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine in the Springfield, Missouri area. The Missouri man was accused of conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, and to manufacture and distribute crack cocaine between January 1, 2010 and March 14, 2011. According…
When it comes to drug arrests, the police do not always have it right. One particular drug raid in Beach Park went particularly bad when authorities reportedly burst into a home, pointed guns at various family members and placed handcuffs upon the home’s owner. It was reported that a postal worker delivered a package to that home containing marijuana. Apparently,…
Former Bears receiver Sam Hurd, who is currently out on bond awaiting trial on charges of trying to start a drug ring in the Chicago area, pleaded not guilty to new drug charges on Wednesday. The indictment, filed last month, accuses Hurd of asking his cousin Jesse Chavful, to purchase drugs for him. Chavful pleaded guilty to one count of…
According to the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago, two men were recently arrested for their alleged leadership in a drug ring. They, along with 25 others, were arrested as part of a nationwide effort to target those trafficking illegal drugs. A total of 39 defendants are apparently facing drug charges in the investigation. Prosecutors specifically accuse the two men of leading their…
A 30-year-old Chicago man facing sentencing on federal drug trafficking charges may again have to deal with murder charges involving the deaths of an off-duty Chicago police officer and a woman companion back in 2008. While he has already been acquitted of those charges, prosecutors have said they plan to introduce evidence at his sentencing on six narcotics trafficking counts…