A man has been arrested while reportedly trying to leave the country after being charged with the homicide in the overdose of a 17-year-old boy, who was a Woodstock North High School student. Carlos M. Paiz, 19, of Wonder Lake, was charged with one count of drug-induced homicide, a Class X felony, and unlawful delivery […]
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10 years in prison for drug dealer who sold fentanyl that led to 21-year-old victim’s death in Crystal Lake
A Rockford man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for being the drug supplier who sold fentanyl that later resulted in the overdose death of a 21-year-old man in Crystal Lake. Markeeon L. Neal, 31, of Rockford, was charged in June 2024 with drug-induced homicide, a Class X felony, and unlawful delivery of […]
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16 years in prison for Chicago man convicted of homicide in drug overdose deaths of 2 McHenry County men
A Chicago man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after he was convicted in the homicides of two McHenry County residents who died from ingesting heroin that he sold to one of them. Raynardo O. Gonzalez, 54, of Chicago, was charged in November 2022 with two counts of drug-induced homicide and one count […]
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‘Be careful it’s strong’: Business owner charged with homicide for allegedly selling fentanyl that caused Lake Forest man’s death
A local police and federal investigation led to a business owner being charged with drug-induced homicide after prosecutors say she sold fentanyl that caused a Lake Forest man’s death. The Lake Forest Police Department and Lake Forest Fire Department responded on July 15, 2023, to a residence for a report of a person who had […]
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19 years in prison for drug ring leader in separate fatal overdoses of man, woman in McHenry County
The leader of a drug ring has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for orchestrating the sale of fentanyl-laced drugs that led to the separate deaths of a 22-year-old woman and a man in McHenry County. Rufus L. McGee, 34, of Chicago, was charged in June 2019 with one count of drug-induced homicide, a Class […]
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6 months in jail for man convicted in connection with U.S. Army veteran’s drug-induced homicide in Woodstock
A man was sentenced to six months in jail in connection with a drug-induced homicide for selling heroin that caused the death of a U.S. Army veteran in Woodstock. Michael F. Walach, 64, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, was charged in July 2023 with drug-induced homicide, a Class X felony, and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, […]
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Woman charged with drug-induced homicide of Crystal Lake man who died of overdose
A 44-year-old woman has been charged with drug-induced homicide for allegedly delivering drugs that led to the overdose death of a Crystal Lake man. Heather L. Schultz, 44, of Union, was charged with one count of drug-induced homicide, a Class X felony. A criminal complaint filed in McHenry County Circuit Court alleges Schultz unlawfully delivered […]
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10 years in prison for man found with 75 bags of fentanyl following drug-induced homicide of McHenry man
A Holiday Hills man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after he was caught with 75 bags of heroin and fentanyl following the drug-induced homicide of a man near McHenry. Joel W. Tynis, 39, of Holiday Hills, was charged in March 2022 with three counts of drug-induced homicide, a Class X felony. A […]
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Man charged with homicide after son finds mother dead from drug overdose in Mundelein
A man has been charged with drug-induced homicide after prosecutors say a son found his mother dead in her home from a fentanyl drug overdose in Mundelein. The Mundelein Fire Department and Mundelein Police Department responded around 11 a.m. on November 16 to an apartment in the 500 block of North Seymour Avenue for a […]