![]() Customs and Border Protection, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, Cook County Sheriff’s Office, Chicago High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Investigative Support Center, Illinois National Guard, Skokie Police Department, and Elmwood Park Police Department. ![]() Additional assistance was provided by the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division, U.S. Substantial assistance was provided by the Chicago Police Department’s Narcotics Division, which began a narcotics investigation to assist Chicago Police Department’s Detectives Bureau, and later worked with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. ![]() Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and David Brown, Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. Amon, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Christopher C. Lyons, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the U.S. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Sheila G. One defendant remains at large, and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. ![]() All but one of the defendants were arrested by federal agents last week or are in State custody and have begun making initial appearances in U.S. During the investigation, law enforcement officials seized hundreds of grams of crack cocaine and numerous firearms from various defendants. The defendants charged in the complaint are alleged to have conspired to distribute crack cocaine between December 2021 and November 2022, primarily using a telephone hotline that customers used to order crack cocaine, which was then delivered by one of the defendants. District Court in Chicago.Ĭharged in the criminal complaint, which was unsealed on March 2, 2023, is EDUART HOXHA, 35, of Chicago, also known as “Finn” and “White Boy,” ALEXIS DEL TORO, 24, of Elmwood Park, also known as “Tony,” FREDDY DEL TORO, 27, of Elmwood Park, also known as “Fredo” and “Ricky,” BRYAN DEL TORO, 22, of Elmwood Park, ALEX HERNANDEZ, 24, of Chicago, also known as “Joey” and “Biggie,” HADER GARCIA, 19, of Chicago, also known as “Luis,” RUBEN VALENCIA, 22, of Chicago, KARINA JIMENEZ, 35, of Chicago, also known as “Kay Kay” and “Rina,” KEVIN RAMIREZ, 27, of Evanston, JONAS CASTILLO, 26, of Chicago, also known as “Guero,” and JESENIA CALLE, 20, of Chicago, also known as “J-Dog.” As described in the complaint, two of the defendants have also been charged with murder in the Circuit Court of Cook County and are currently being held in state custody. As part of the investigation, law enforcement shut down a telephone drug hotline, according to a criminal complaint recently unsealed in U.S. What the police can do is take guns off the street.CHICAGO - A federal drug trafficking investigation has resulted in charges against 11 individuals for allegedly conspiring to distribute crack cocaine for the La Familia Stones street gang in the Chicago area, primarily in the Albany Park neighborhood on Chicago’s North Side. “How do we resolve the root cause of violence and if that falls to police, you’re putting too high of a burden for police to resolve poverty and mental health challenges and drug addiction. He spoke of the city’s “whole-of-government approach,” which brings city and social services to communities, in addition to a heightened police presence. The superintendent touted recent strategic moves that include putting additional focus in struggling South and West side communities that has led to decreased homicides and shootings, as well as more recent resources placed on the Chicago Transit Authority to address an uptick in violent crime.īrown did try to temper expectations, pointing out that police respond to emergencies and not address basic social ills that aid crime. The crowds, besides the one incident where they were throwing objects at the police, were for the most part peaceful,” McDermott told reporters. “For the most part, there was no large fights that were breaking out. No injuries were reported, but the pineapple exploded when it hit an officer’s chest, police said. Brown and Chief of Patrol Brian McDermott did describe an incident where officers made mass arrests after a group of teens began throwing glass bottles - and a pineapple - at officers. On Monday, police made 13 arrests as thousands of people descended on North Avenue Beach and recovered 11 guns in what police called a mostly orderly day. Several people fight as a group of young people gather after seeing an internet meet-up flyer titled "North Ave Beach Takeover" on May 30, 2022, in Chicago.
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