High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

Agustin Arias, Jr., charged with delivery of a controlled substance within 500 feet of a. school (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Lake County Sheriff’s SIG Arrests Waukegan Male Adult for Drug Trafficking

Sun Jul 20, 2025 03:23 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 resulted in the arrest of a Waukegan male adult for drug trafficking. […]

Travier L. Bunch, charged with 17 counts of Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

SAO: Drug Trafficker Detained Under New System That Ensures ‘Drug Money’ Doesn’t Lead to a ‘Revolving Door’

Wed May 15, 2024 09:43 am Cardinal News

A Lake County Judge on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, granted the State’s petition to detain Travier Bunch, 32, who is being charged with 17 counts of Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to […]

Guns and illegal items seized in Grayslake on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Lake County Sheriff’s Task Force Investigation Results in Seizure of Dozens of Machine Gun Conversion Devices and Firearms in Grayslake

Thu May 2, 2024 11:28 am 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 Grayslake man who was illegally manufacturing […]

Lake County Sheriff’s SIG, Law Enforcement Agency Members Remove $2.5M in Illegal Drugs in 2023

Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:53 am Cardinal News

The Lake County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Group (SIG) seized a record-breaking amount of fentanyl in 2023, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group (SIG), a High Intensity […]

Patrick Neal, charged with Armed Robbery and other charges (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Gun Trafficker, 2 Lookouts Arrested After Committing Armed Robbery on Undercover Detective in Lake County

Sat Mar 16, 2024 09:21 pm Cardinal News

Three people were apprehended Friday, March 15, 2024 after attempting to commit an armed robbery on an undercover detective during an undercover operation. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office did not release the identity of a […]

Dentri J. Henning, charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon and other charges (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Lake County Sheriff’s SIG Investigators Arrest Drug, Gun Trafficker in Vernon Hills

Fri Mar 8, 2024 09:22 am 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 which led to the arrest of a Vernon Hills man who was selling […]

Douglas M. Dockery of Arlington Heights, charged with ‘Solicitation of a Sexual Act (Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Lake Sheriff’s Special Investigations Group Arrest 12 Men in Human Trafficking Suppression Operation

Wed Dec 6, 2023 11:46 am Cardinal News

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group (SIG), a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) funded task force, arrested 12 men in a recent human trafficking suppression operation. SIG conducted an operation specifically targeting […]

Alvaro Grijalva, charged with gunrunning, attempt murder and other charges (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Waukegan Resident Shoots at ATF Agents During Approach with Search Warrant

Tue Jun 27, 2023 06:19 pm Cardinal News

A Waukegan resident, who was the subject of a firearm trafficking investigation, fired shots at law enforcement officers while they were serving a search warrant of his home. Alvaro Grijalva, 29, of the 800 block […]

Oscar Pena charged with multiple drug and gun-related offenses (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Special Investigations Group Finds Mundelein Resident in Possession of Nearly 8,000 Fentanyl-Laced Pills

Sun Jun 4, 2023 02:31 pm Cardinal News

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group (SIG), a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) funded task force, concluded a three-month investigation which led to the arrest of a Mundelein man who possessed nearly […]

Joshua A. Jackson, charged with three counts of Aggravated Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, and other charges (Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Lake County Special Investigations Group Arrest Convicted Felon with Ghost Guns, Cocaine

Thu Mar 16, 2023 08:07 pm Cardinal News

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group (SIG) — a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) funded task force — concluded a long-term investigation, which resulted in the arrest of a convicted felon, who […]

Alexander Thomas, charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Lake County Sheriff’s SIG Arrest Winthrop Harbor Drug Dealer in Possession of Firearm

Thu Jan 12, 2023 11:01 am Cardinal News

Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group (SIG), a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) funded task force on wednesday, January 11, 2023, concluded a narcotics investigation that resulted in serious charges for a Winthrop […]

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 […]

Zion Resident Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison, Convicted of Transporting Cocaine in Interstate Commerce

Sun Nov 21, 2021 03:20 pm Cardinal News

Interstate Travel in Aid of Racketeering SOUTH BEND – Andre Neal, 44 years old, of Zion, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to interstate travel in […]

Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group Set New Illegal Drug and Gun Seizure Records in 2020

Wed Feb 17, 2021 12:06 pm Cardinal News

The Lake County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Group (SIG) set records in 2020, seizing nearly $3 million worth of illegal drugs and 55 illegally possessed firearms, resulting in a total of 350 felony charges. In June […]

Lake County to Receive Grant Money in White House-Designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program to Control Drugs in Lake County

Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:34 pm Cardinal News

Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg and Lake County State’s Attorney Michael Nerheim announced Thursday June 18, 2020 that Lake County was chosen for inclusion in the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program, operating under […]

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