Crystal Lake City Council Poised to Lessen Pot Penalty

With its Home Rule powers, the Crystal Lake City Council signaled a majority is ready to change possession of up to thirty joints from a criminal to a civil offense. Mayor Aaron Shepley led the opposition with Councilwomen Cathy Ferguson, … Continue reading

Crystal Lake Marijuana Proposal Would Lessen Penalties, Redirect Fines to City

The Northwest Herald’s article about the Crystal Lake City Council’s lessening marijuana penalties and redirecting fines to city coffers from the county treasurer has raised the ire of local government observer Paul Greenlee. His letter to the Mayor and City … Continue reading

Bull Valley Marijuana Leader Sentenced to 11.7 Years in Federal Pen for Home Growing Operations in Kildeer, Marengo, Woodstock & Union

A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Rockford: TENTH NORTHERN ILLINOIS RESIDENT SENTENCED ON FEDERAL DRUG CHARGES ROCKFORD — A Cary, Ill. man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Rockford for his role in a drug conspiracy … Continue reading

Algonquin Pot Bust by Sheriff’s Department Sparked by Domestic Battery Complaint

After reading the press release from the Sheriff’s Department below, I wondered if the woman making the complaint didn’t think of the implications of doing so. One Arrested for Domestic Battery and Operation of an Indoor Clandestine Grow Operation Sheriff … Continue reading

A Belated Report of Feds Charging Three McHenry County Residents with Planting Pot Inside

This past week McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren announced the raids of indoor pot gardens in Ringwood and Crystal Lake. What follows is an FBI press release from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration: Six Individuals Charged with Conspiring to Manufacture … Continue reading

Crystal Lake Home Near Central High School Yields 167 Pot Plants

The McHenry County Sheriff’s Department has issued the following press release: Crystal Lake Grow House Arrest Results in 167 Cannabis Sativa Plants Seized Sheriff Keith Nygren announced today the arrest of a Crystal Lake resident for operation of an indoor … Continue reading

Ingleside Man Arrested for 86 Plant Ringwood Inside Pot Garden

Here’s an interesting press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department telling about the arrests of Antonia H. Sadikoff, about 30 years old, of Ingleside. He was charged with Unlawful Production of Cannabis Sativa Plants (class 2). He paid $4,000 … Continue reading

Anyone Know Where the Torched Pot Field Is?

I continue to be surprised that of the three agencies involved in the raid on a 2 acre field of marijuana northeast of Woodstock none is willing to identify its location. The three agencies are the McHenry County Conservation District, … Continue reading

McHenry County Conservation District Gets Off Easy in Hebron Pot Bust

The McHenry County Conservation District got off easy in the headlines of stories about the marijuana cultivation Wednesday arrest on its land southeast of Hebron off Vandder Karr Road near Kemman Road, as well as the Friday discovery of a … Continue reading

McHenry County Conservation District Gets Off Easy in Hebron Pot Bust

The McHenry County Conservation District got off easy in the headlines of stories about the marijuana cultivation Wednesday arrest on its land southeast of Hebron off Vandder Karr Road near Kemman Road, as well as the Friday discovery of a … Continue reading