Bolingbrook forum to shed light on   suburban heroin use

BOLINGBROOK — Residents are encouraged to be a part of the audience at an Oct. 18 live cable TV community forum that will address the growing heroin problem among teens and young adults in the suburbs. The “Bridging the Gap” conversation, which will be led …

Heroin epidemic symposium to be held at L-Way Central

NEW LENOX — In the wake of the heroin-related deaths of two New Lenox teenagers this year, an educational symposium will be held Sept. 27 to address what local officials perceive as a heroin epidemic in Will County. All ages are invited to attend the …

Joliet police make large heroin seizure

JOLIET — Police say a “phantom grandfather” led them to the largest heroin seizure in department history Tuesday night. At 8:54 p.m. tactical officers Aaron Bandy and Terrence Gruber were on patrol near Maple and Gougar roads when a Hyundai Genesis with Ohio license plates …

Police Blotter: New Lenox man charged with heroin possession, intent to deliver

NEW LENOX — Police reportedly found a man carrying a toy gun, switchblades and heroin during a traffic stop Tuesday.

Lawrence Hartman, 32, was the subject of an ongoing narcotics investigation when he was stopped at 1:05 p.m. for texting on his phone while driving …

Hundreds attend rally against heroin use in Will Co.

ROMEOVILLE — Young voices spoke with moving realism. Professionals spoke with grave concern. Grieving fathers reflected on their losses. And hundreds of visitors heard their message: Heroin is an epidemic in Will County. “Too many of our citizens are dying, and it’s up to all …

Road to recovery from heroin addiction includes relapses

HOMER GLEN — Addicted to opiates, Bill Patrianakos was working for a tyrant. He felt compelled to steal and make counterfeit money to satisfy his drug habit. His friend overdosed. He himself overdosed. He seemed out of control. He was under the tyrant’s control. That …

Heroin in Will County: ‘We never worried about the consequences’

JOLIET — Ricky Weese and Lauren Norberg used to date — and they used to steal to support their heroin habits.

“We robbed his parents. We manipulated everybody. Took out (multiple vehicle) title loans, intentionally bounced checks from my account,” the 24-year-old Norberg said. “Nothing …

Police on heroin: ‘The poison brings crime’

JOLIET — The 26-year-old Gardner man was laying between two vehicles in the Taco Bell parking lot when he was found.

His girlfriend came out to get her phone from the car and ended up calling 911. Police reports indicate he was “foaming at the …

Heroin problem only getting worse

HOMER GLEN — John Roberts watched his son come home from work at night, drained with fatigue. Inside his mind, the son was languishing in another kind of night, isolated, foreign, hopeless.

Heroin was the night within.

Roberts thought that his son, Billy, was tired …

Heroin leaves deadly mark on Will County

HOMER GLEN — Billy Roberts had a work ethic and dreams, a watchful father and mother and a nice home in a spacious subdivision, but his life was being destroyed by drugs. He fought repeatedly to recover, but the urge kept returning, until a heroin …