Wow, two ounces of coke. That'll save a lot of kids lives. Maybe it was
just an eight ball and they told the press it was worth 5k. You gotta
love this crap.
I am sure it cost the taxpayer 100k to book those evil-doers.
millhaven@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Arrests net drugs, money
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> January 17, 2007
> By JUDY MASTERSON JMASTERSON@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> North Chicago -- Police made a series of drug arrests in Waukegan and
> North Chicago late last week that netted nearly $5,000 in cocaine,
> another $7,200 in drug money and hopefully a period of peace for
> residents along troubled Broadway Avenue.
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> A North Chicago Tactical Narcotics Team, assisted by Waukegan
> Neighborhood Enforcement, North Chicago and Round Lake Beach police and
> agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms led the drug
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> Brian Carder, TNT commander, said the busts came out of an
> investigation begun in November involving suspected gang members
> selling narcotics out of a house on Broadway.
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> Carder said North Chicago officials received many complaints about the
> house after two drug-dealing families set up housekeeping when they
> were evicted for the same activity from a building on Sheridan Road.
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> "They pretty much ran that whole street (Broadway)," Carder said.
> "There were shootings. They didn't want anybody dealing down there if
> they didn't work through them."
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> At 2 p.m. on Jan. 12, an undercover officer allegedly bought 2.7 grams
> of rock cocaine from Alphonso Gordon, 24, of North Chicago, at the
> Lewis Mall, at Lewis Avenue and 14th Street.
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> Gordon was taken into custody after a short foot chase, Carder said.
>
> Police also checked out a car in front of the mall from which Gordon
> had emerged. Inside they found Devon Lewis, 27, and Catrina Chambers,
> 26, both of North Chicago, a girl, age 8, and $1,100 in cash.
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> Lewis and Chambers were both charged with attempt to deliver and child
> endangerment. Gordon was charged with delivery of a controlled
> substance and resisting arrest. All delivery charges lodged in the
> Lewis Mall incident were Class X felonies, punishable by 8 to 15 years
> in prison, Carder said, because they took place just as students from
> nearby Novak King Sixth Grade Center were leaving school for the day.
>
> Bond for Gordon was set at $75,000 and for Lewis and Chambers at
> $100,000 each.
>
> Police obtained a search warrant and at 5:40 p.m. the same day, a SWAT
> team swooped down on a duplex at 1316 Broadway Ave.
>
> "We had made several buys from Mr. Gordon at this residence during the
> course of the investigation," Carder said.
>
> Arrested inside the duplex was Jeremiah Wise, 23. Wise was charged with
> possession of a controlled substance and intent to deliver. People also
> found an additional 6.6 grams of rock cocaine and seized about $800 in
> cash.
>
> Also arrested was Wise's cousin, Rachel Mitchell, 19, who arrived on
> the scene during the bust and whom, Carder said, swore and screamed at
> officers despite repeated warnings to leave.
>
> Carder said police learned Mitchell lived at the address and charged
> her with possession of a controlled substance and obstructing.
>
> Another, unrelated investigation culminated in a bust Jan. 11. Police
> bought 104 grams or four ounces of cocaine before executing a search
> warrant at 8:16 p.m. on a second-floor apartment at 824 Jackson St. in
> Waukegan, according to Carder. Once inside, police seized approximately
> $3,000 in cash and arrested four people.
>
> Rene Hernandez, 21, of the 300 block of Adams in Waukegan, who
> allegedly sold cocaine to an undercover officer, was charged with two
> counts of felony possession of cocaine and two counts of delivery.
> Pablo Arizmendi, 35, of the Jackson Street address, was charged with
> possession.
>
> Carder called Hernandez and Arizmendi "mules."
>
> Carder said police paid $700 an ounce for the cocaine, which usually
> goes for $800 to $900.
>
> Carder, who commended area residents for help in the investigations,
> said he expects the two investigations and consequent busts to result
> in 12 to 15 new indictments.
>
> He characterized suspects in drug deals on Broadway as "a violent group
> of people."
>
> "We were surprised we didn't find any guns," Carder said. "They
> terrorized the neighborhood and controlled it."
>
> "Hopefully this will send the message 'You don't know who you are
> dealing drugs to. The person you're selling to might be an informant or
> police officer.'"
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