Four of five suspects have been released after they were arrested on drug charges by a SWAT team that conducted a search warrant at a home in Crystal Lake that prompted heavy police activity.
The City of Crystal Lake sent an alert around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday warning about heavy police activity in the Crystal Vista subdivision.
The police presence was reported in the 100 block of Heather Drive.
“There is no public safety threat. Please avoid this area until further notice,” the city said.
Residents and court records said the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office was executing a warrant at a house on the block.
The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Jurisdictional SWAT team arrested five people inside the home.
Joseph A. Strope, 38, of Crystal Lake, was charged with possession of ammunition with a revoked FOID and possession of a controlled substance.
A criminal complaint filed in McHenry County Circuit Court said Strope possessed a 9mm cartridge, a 28 gauge shotgun shell and a 30-06 live rifle cartridge.
The complaint said Strope unlawfully possessed the ammunition due to not having a valid Firearm Owner’s Identification card, which had been revoked.
Strope also possessed less than 15 grams of a substance containing cocaine, the complaint said.
Kristin M. Meneghetti, 39, of Crystal Lake; Cary Cohen, 37, of Crystal Lake; Dylan W. Eibisch, 24, of Crystal Lake; and Reesa A. Pam, 36, of Crystal Lake, were charged with possession of a controlled substance, a Class 4 felony.
Meneghetti, Eibisch and Pam possessed less than 15 grams of a substance containing cocaine, criminal complaints said.
A criminal complaint said Cohen possessed 54 orange pharmaceutical tablets identified as Buprenorphine and Naloxone.
Pam was additionally charged with one count of obstructing identification.
A criminal complaint said Pam told a police detective her name was “Angie Bakewell” in order to avoid detection for her numerous warrants.
All five suspects arrested reside at the home where the search warrant was conducted, court records show.
Eibisch and Strope were released with pre-trial conditions following a court appearance.
Prosecutors sought to hold Meneghetti in custody after filing a petition to revoke her pre-trial release in a case where she was charged earlier this month with domestic battery and possessing a stolen vehicle in Crystal Lake.
A hearing was not held on the petition to revoke pre-trial release and it was continued to January 7 with Meneghetti being released from custody in the meantime.
Pam had an active failure to appear warrant out of LaSalle County for a retail theft case.
She was released from the McHenry County Jail with pre-trial release and transferred to LaSalle County on the warrant. Pam was then released from LaSalle County after appearing in court there.
Cohen remains held in the McHenry County Jail after prosecutors filed a petition to revoke his release in a prior active drug case out of Crystal Lake and a judge granted the request.