The Cardinal

Schaumburg police responded about 5:41 p.m. Tuesday to a report of juvenile girl burglar in the 1100 block of Pine Valley Drive. Police received a report that a female juvenile was found by a leasing agent while she was showing the apartment. Inside was a juvenile female allegedly smoking marijuana.

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Dear Paul B, I just read (in another publication) about two kids from Stevenson that were singled out for selling a little pot. There has to be 200 kids or more that are dealing drugs, and much worse than just pot. Heck, half my friends (I am 47) still get high. Isn’t this just sad, [...]

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Carmelo Rios (left) and Maria Garza (DEA/Cook County States Attorney photo). The owners of a northwest suburban Pizzeria and several other individuals have been charged with participating in a major narcotics trafficking operation responsible for importing kilogram quantities of heroin and other drugs into Cook County following a joint investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement [...]

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An estimated 17 tons of marijuana were seized when authorities discovered a major cross-border drug tunnel between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. Law enforcement authorities report they discovered one of the most significant smuggling tunnels ever discovered between San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico. The tunnel is about four feet tall and three feet wide [...]

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Buffalo Grove police responded about 4:59 p.m. Saturday to a report of found property — found illegal property — in the laundry room in the 0-99 block of Villa Verde Drive. Police received a report that a person found what appeared to be a bag of marijuana and a bag of cocaine in the laundry [...]

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Palatine police and firefighter/paramedics responded Friday afternoon to a report of a woman not breathing at a hom in the 1100 block of West Colfax Street. Marijuana smell was immediately noticed upon arrival of emergency crews. While paramedics were treating the woman, police found 11 cannabis plants, lights, fans, growing equipment and about one-half pound [...]

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Arlington Heights police arrested a female student for possession of cannabis at Thomas Middle School on Monday. The student was transported in custody to Arlington Heights Police Department Headquarters Monday.

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Police say a Connecticut man called 911 to ask a dispatcher how much trouble he could get into by growing one marijuana plant, then was arrested. Robert Michelson, 21, called 9-1-1 to ask a little legal advice. He wanted to know how much trouble he could be in for growing a marijuana plant. Police traced [...]

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An investigation into suspicious packages being mailed to Chicago in the days leading to Christmas has led to the seizure of nearly $3 million in drugs and the arrest of a Chicago man, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Friday. Leroy Scott, 42, of the 10100 block of South Winston Avenue, is charged with [...]

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So what do you think? Should Californians legalize marijuana? Political, social, economic impact of legalizing cannabis. California voters rejected Proposition 19, which would have resulted in California being the first state to allow the drug marijuana to be sold for recreational use. The proposition drew strong support from voters younger than 25, but those voters [...]

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Arlington Heights police arrest a male about 4:00 p.m. Saturday after a traffic stop in the 2300 block of East Rand Road in the Brandenberry Park shopping center parking lot. The male was towed to Arlington Heights police headquarters. The driver’s blue Chevy Cavalier was towed to a police holding area.

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  Stanford Kim Chicago Police Department and Arlington Heights Police Department worked together late Tuesday night and into the early morning hours Wednesday after a search warrant was executed at an Arlington Heights home presumably near Rammer and Kensington in Arlington Heights. Stanford Kim, 29, a male Asian, was charged with manufacture or delivery of [...]

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