Illinois State Police Arrest Kankakee Man: More Than 1,400 Fentanyl Pills and Firearms Seized, 19 Counts Filed
The Illinois State Police announced on November 5 that its Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group (KAMEG) arrested Dequan Pope, 28, of Kankakee, on multiple drug and weapons charges following an extensive narcotics investigation in the Kankakee area.
On November 4, at approximately 10 a.m., KAMEG officers, assisted by the Kendall County Police Assistance Team, the DuPage Metropolitan Enforcement Group, ISP Troop 5, ISP Air Ops, ISP SWAT and the Kankakee Police Department, executed search warrants at three Kankakee properties, in the 600 block of Country Club Drive, the 600 block of North Entrance Avenue and the 300 block of South Rosewood. Officers recovered more than 1,400 fentanyl pills and several firearms, and Pope was arrested on scene.
The Kankakee County State's Attorney's Office filed 19 counts: one count of possession of fentanyl with intent to deliver 100-400 grams (Class X felony), four counts of unlawful delivery of fentanyl 15-100 grams (Class X), five counts of unlawful delivery of fentanyl 1-15 grams (Class 1), two counts of unlawful delivery of MDMA 1-15 grams (Class 1), three counts of felon in possession of a firearm (Class 2), two counts of felon in possession of a machine gun (Class X), one count of armed violence (Class X) and one count of armed habitual criminal (Class X). Pope is being held at the Jerome Combs Detention Center pending his first court appearance. The charges are not evidence of guilt, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
(Source: Illinois State Police)
Source: Illinois State Police
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Photo: 图：位于 Kankakee 的坎卡基县法院大楼。Teemu008 摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Kankakee County Courthouse in Kankakee, Illinois. Photo by Teemu008, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
