Thursday, January 31, 2013
Additional charges are pending against Oudam Thou and Robert Thou after a Jan. 29 search of their home.
Two Plainfield Township men face felony charges after the Will County Gang Suppression Unit seized two semi-automatic weapons and thousands of grams of cannabis and synthetic cannabis during a search of their Hampton Court home. Oudam Thou, 26, and Robert Thou, 22, of the 1900 block of Hampton Court, are charged with manufacture/delivery of 2,000-5,000 grams of cannabis. Robert Thou is also charged with possession of a firearm without a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card. Get Plainfield news delivered right to your inbox — sign up for the Patch newsletter. Will County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Kathy Hoffmeyer said additional charges against the duo are pending the outcome of testing on the suspected synthetic cannabis, also …
Friday, January 25, 2013
IHS Cigars and Tobacco on Route 30 was one of two Will County retailers caught selling synthetic marijuana this week, police said.
A Will County task force on Thursday seized 20 packages of synthetic marijuana from a Plainfield tobacco store after making a similar bust at a Joliet retailer, according to the Herald-News. Members of the Cooperative Police Assistance Team (CPAT) executed a search warrant at IHS Cigars and Tobacco, 16200 S. Lincoln Highway, and discovered the stash of K-2, or synthetic marijuana, hidden behind a display rack of candy, police said. Sign up for the Plainfield Patch newsletter. “For some time there have been ongoing complaints made to local police and the warrant resulted from four drug buys there,” CPAT Director Mike Weber told the Herald-News, adding the drug, which contains toxic substances, was concealed in Scooby-Doo packaging. Click …
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Drug specialists from the Will County State's Attorney's office spoke to parents Wednesday about the latest trends and what symptoms to look for in your children.
Heroin has quickly become an easily accessible drug of choice for many middle-class 17- to 24-year olds in Will County, according to drug and mental health case workers with the Will County State’s Attorney’s office. But other drugs, some legal, are showing up on the scene as well, resulting in large numbers of emergency room visits, overdoses and addiction. Julie McCabe-Sterr and Marcia Van Natta spoke about drug trends with about 50 parents of middle school and high school students in a special presentation held Wednesday at Plainfield North High School. Stigmas associated with heroin use have declined, and “heroin is overwhelming the drug of choice,” said McCabe-Sterr, a drug and mental health court coordinator. Students are using the …
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Ricky A
12:03 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Well Amanda you might be right, but we are not talking about the all natural plant of marijuana here. This chemically altered synthetic is nasty, similar qualities as methamphetamines more ›