Cannabis delivery chugs along amid the pandemic.
Tag: drug dealers
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‘I decided to try convincing a weed delivery guy to show me his world’
Maya Dukmasova on her December 26 cover story “Weedman’s not worried”: Drug Dealing doesn’t exactly lend itself to close-up media coverage. But on the eve of Illinois’s recreational cannabis legalization I decided to try convincing a weed delivery guy to show me his world. I had little to offer him as an incentive—for obvious reasons […]
Posted inNews & Politics
Weedman’s day
Illinois’s cannabis legalization aims to put dealers out of business, but they’re about more than just selling weed.
Posted inBlogs
Who lied in drug and double murder case: Police or their key witness?
Convicted drug dealer Jason Austin, held accountable for killing a cop and social worker, appeals his sentence.
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Former dealer gets light sentence after testifying in double-murder case despite death threats
A key witness in the prosecution of west-side drug dealer Jason Austin is sentenced to five and a half years in prison.
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Alleged Sinaloa cartel leader gets 22 years for bringing cocaine into Chicago
Judge Ruben Castillo says the sentence for Alfredo Vazquez-Hernandez, an alleged cartel coordinator, should be seen as a “message.”
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Struggling businessman or lieutenant for Chapo Guzman and the Sinaloa cartel?
Alfredo Vasquez-Hernandez, accused of being a coordinator for the cartel, is set to be sentenced in federal court in Chicago.
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Drug dealer gets 35 years in prison after judge says he ‘very likely’ committed a double murder
Jason Austin is held accountable for the 2008 murders of Robert Soto and Kathryn Romberg.
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Mechanic says police, not drug dealers, threatened him during murder investigation
Day four in the sentencing hearing of convicted west-side drug dealer Jason Austin
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Witness to double murder: ‘Why? Why would you shoot?’
Day three in the sentencing hearing of convicted west-side drug dealer Jason Austin
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Is a key government witness telling the truth this time about a double murder?
Day two in the sentencing hearing of convicted west-side drug dealer Jason Austin
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Drug dealer wasn’t convicted of murder but may serve time for it anyway
Federal prosecutors seek a long sentence for Jason Austin, who they say killed a cop and a social worker.
Posted inNews & Politics
In Chicago’s war zones, the tragedy extends beyond the kids who die
In Chicago’s war zones, the tragedy extends beyond the kids who die.
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A low-level drug dealer gets caught between the money and the violence of the heroin trade
A low-level dealer gets caught between the money and the violence of the heroin trade.
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The drug warrior
Chicago DEA special agent in charge Jack Riley has targeted the Outfit, dirty cops, street gangs, and the Sinaloa cartel, yet the drugs keep coming.