Recent Posts in Drug Possession Category
Posted on Jan 27, 2012 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
Now that synthetic marijuana is illegal in the state of Illinois, the sale of it is also a crime. Two men learned that the hard way when they were arrested for possessing over $1 million worth of fake ...
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Posted on Nov 25, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
Even though New York City is constantly battling threats of terrorism and other serious crimes, state officials are still concerned with marijuana. According to recent statistics, the business of ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2011 By Admin
A Chicago cab driver tried to hire a hit man to kill someone who owed him money. He wanted the 38-year-old target dead because he still owed $26,000 that he had paid to bail the victim out of jail on ...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2011 By Admin
Officers received a tip Tuesday that suspicious packages were delivered to a freight yard in Wheeling, and after drug dogs indicated there was marijuana inside, officers obtained a search warrant and ...
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Posted on Aug 19, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
Nearly a legend amongst Chicago law enforcement officers, one man was arrested for the 99th time last week for drug possession . Police originally thought they were responding to a call regarding a ...
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Posted on Aug 17, 2011 By Admin
In Summit three alleged gang members were arrested after one of the individuals fought with police officers. The police recovered 12 grams of heroin and 8 grams of cocaine . The arrest occurred as the ...
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Posted on Jul 29, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
Chicago police officers were dispatched to investigate an abandoned car, only to find it occupied by two people who were up to no good. According to the police report, the suspects, a 24-year-old male ...
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Posted on Jul 1, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
After a year of tracking a reported drug ring, Chicago police and federal agents were able to infiltrate to arrest 38 people. The drug ring, based out of Chicago, was run by dozens of individuals, ...
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Posted on Jun 10, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
George Thomas Kurney, father of Chicago Bears defensive end Julius Peppers, lost his law enforcement job this week. According to the State Bureau of Investigation, Kurney, 50, was taken into custody ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2011 By Admin
USA v. SV The Defendant was charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. The Defendant was arrested by the DEA in a narcotics ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
Two teenagers were stopped by police early this week and arrested for multiple crimes, including drug possession , a felony weapon charge , and underage consumption of alcohol. Early monday morning ...
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Posted on Mar 24, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
A woman was arrested Monday night after police found her passed out in the middle of an intersection in Naperville with an unleashed pit bull standing nearby. Kelly Johnson, 45, was arrested and ...
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Posted on Mar 8, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
On Thursday, March 3rd, U.S. Customs and Border protection seized nearly 150 pounds of marijuana as well as arresting one man from Chicago in connection with the seizure. Customs officials on the ...
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Posted on Feb 24, 2011 By Acosta, Batovski & Schmiege
An unidentified friend of Chicago Alderman Brendan Reilly was accosted Wednesday afternoon by an aggressive panhandler as he stepped out of a cab. Reilly's friend says that when he stepped out of the ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
A state study has recently been released that shows African Americans are more likely to be sentenced to prison for misdemeanor or low-level drug crimes than whites. In Cook County, unfortunately, the ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
When Carlina White was only 19 days old, she was kidnapped from the Harlem Hospital by a woman who had been dressed as a nurse. Her parents, Joy White and Carl Tyson, had lost hope that they would ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
32 year old Husan Smith was waiting in a conference room at Kane County Courthouse before he was to be taken to jail for failing a drug test, which constituted a probation violation . Someone at the ...
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Posted on Dec 9, 2010 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
When many people think about drug addicts, they think about people who are struggling to keep up with everyday life, who are homeless, who commit other crimes in order to fulfill their addiction. What ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2010 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
Paul Carlos, a 34 year old father, was curious as to why his two year old child was so obedient and submissive toward his babysitter, so he installed a nanny cam while she was watching his son. As it ...
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