fentanyl

Lake County SIG and Federal Partners Secure Fentanyl Distribution Conviction After Undercover Purchase in North Chicago

Wed Dec 31, 2025 11:37 am Cardinal News

A North Chicago man has pled guilty to federal fentanyl distribution charges following an undercover investigation conducted by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group. In 2024, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations […]

Tory E. Eitz, charged with Endangering the Life or Health of a Child and other charges Friday, August 16, 2024 (SOURCE: Arlington Heights Police Department)

Nine Families File Lawsuits Against Arlington Heights School District 25, Westgate School Nurse and Admins for Fentanyl, Drug Swapping Scam

Fri Apr 18, 2025 10:09 am Cardinal News

National civil rights and personal injury law firm Romanucci & Blandin announced on Thursday, April 17, 2025 the filing of a lawsuit holding those allegedly responsible and accountable for harm to children in District 25 […]

Chicago Federal Center and Dirksen Federal Building (US General Services Administration/public domain)

Grand Jury Indicts Dual Citizen High-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Member For Drug Trafficking Fentanyl, Cocaine, Heroin

Wed Feb 12, 2025 10:27 pm Cardinal News

Brett Rowland | The Center Square (The Center Square) – A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted a high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico on a drug conspiracy charge for allegedly making and […]

Arlington Heights Westgate School Nurse Arrested After Investigation Involving Fentanyl, Drug Swapping

Fri Aug 16, 2024 07:29 pm Cardinal News

The Arlington Heights Police Department announced Friday, August 16, 2024, the conclusion of a police investigation of concern regarding health, welfare and safety of students at Westgate Elementary School, and the arrest of former Westgate […]

Willie Woodgett, charged with Drug Induced Homicide (SOURCE: DuPage County State's Attorney's Office)

Berkeley Adult Detained Pre-Trial, Accused of Supplying Fatal Dose of Illegal Narcotics that Killed Darien Man

Sat Aug 3, 2024 10:52 pm Cardinal News

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Darien Chief of Police Greg Thomas announced Thursday, August 1, 2024 that Judge Leah Bendik has granted the State’s motion to deny pre-trial release for a Berkeley male […]

Alejandro I. Dominguez, arrested on multiple drug charges (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff’s Office)

Lake County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Group Arrests Mundelein Resident Selling Fentanyl

Fri Jul 19, 2024 02:50 pm Cardinal News

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group (SIG), a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) funded task force, concluded an investigation that led to the arrest of a Mundelein man who was selling fentanyl […]

Naloxone HCl Nasal Spray (SOURCE: Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, Pennsylvania Department of Health and the San Francisco Department of Health. Naloxone for opioid safety: a provider’s guide to prescribing naloxone to patients who use opioids. January 2015)

Lake County Health Department Reports Increase in Opioid Overdose Incidents

Wed Mar 8, 2023 01:30 pm Cardinal News

Lake County, Ill. — Between February 24 and March 1, 2023, there were 14 opioid overdose emergency department visits among Lake County residents. The increase has been reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health. […]

Elmhurst fentanyl overdose save on Roosevelt Road near York Street on Thursday, December 22, 2022 (SOURCE: Elmhurst Police Department)

Driver and Passenger Overdose on Fentanyl in Chicago, Lose Consciousness Traveling on Roosevelt Rd; Saved by Elmhurst PD’s Narcan

Fri Dec 23, 2022 07:45 pm Cardinal News

Elmhurst police officers responded at 3:00 a.m. Thursday, December 22, 2022 to a report of a vehicle facing the wrong direction on Roosevelt Road near York Street in Elmhurst. According to the Elmhurst Police Department […]

Operation HotDirt in Polk County, Florida (SOURCE: Polk County Sheriff's Officer/Map data ©2022 Google, INEGI)

Central Florida HIDTA Task Force Arrests Three In Largest Fentanyl Trafficking Seizure Investigation in Polk County, Florida

Fri Oct 21, 2022 05:45 pm Cardinal News

Enough Fentanyl to Kill 2.7 Million People Detectives with the Central Florida HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) task force, working together with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, conducted an undercover fentanyl drug […]

Lake County Health Department Reports Increase in Opioid Overdose Incidents, Urges Naloxone Sign-Up

Sat Jun 11, 2022 01:46 pm Cardinal News

Lake County, Ill. — The Lake County Health Department reported Friday, June 10, 2022 that over the weekend of June 4, 2022, an increase in opioid-related overdoses occurred among Lake County residents. The increase has […]

Arizona Prison Inmate Charged With Brokering Sale of Fentanyl and Methamphetamine in Illinois

Fri Feb 18, 2022 06:34 pm Cardinal News

CHICAGO — An inmate in a state prison in Arizona has been charged with federal drug offenses for allegedly brokering the sale of fentanyl and methamphetamine in Illinois. A criminal complaint filed today in U.S. […]

U.S. Attorney’s Office Provides Update on Federal Prosecution, Ongoing Strategies To Combat Violent Crime in Chicago

Mon Nov 29, 2021 07:09 pm Cardinal News

CHICAGO — John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, today, Monday, November 29, 2021, provided an update on federal prosecutions and strategies to combat violent crime in Chicago and […]

Dante Donnell Howse, drug trafficking suspect drug (SOURCE: Kane County Sheriff's Office)

Kane County Sheriff’s Detectives Arrest Hoffman Estates Suspect Retrieving Fentanyl and Meth by Mail in Elgin Area

Thu Nov 4, 2021 03:19 pm Cardinal News

Elgin Township – Kane County Sheriff’s Detectives and United States Postal Inspectors on October 28th, 2021 conducted an investigation into narcotics being trafficked through the mail. Detectives conducted a traffic stop in the area of […]

Fentanyl enclosed in wooden items shipped to Houston, Texas from Michoacán, Mexico

CBD in Memphis Seizes 2.85 Kilos of Fentanyl in Cute Little Wooden Display Boxes in Transit from Michoacan, Mexico to Houston, Texas

Wed Sep 8, 2021 04:47 pm Cardinal News

Potential to overdose or kill 1.425 million people MEMPHIS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at an express consignment hub in Memphis, Tennessee examined a package described in […]

Alleged Chicago Black Disciples Gang Leader Among 23 Defendants Charged in Federal Drug and Gun Investigation

Thu Jul 30, 2020 07:43 pm Cardinal News

United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois announce the arrest of 23 during sweep targeting Chicago gang Black Disciples (Jim Williams/CBS Chicago). CHICAGO — The alleged leader of the Black Disciples street gang […]

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