Crime & Safety
Pair Busted in Palos Park With Over 100 Hydrocodone Pills
They each face two felony charges.
A man and woman face felony drug charges after police say they were stopped with over 100 pills in their possession.
On the afternoon of Wed., Nov. 28 a Palos Park police officer on patrol spotted a suspicious vehicle that was pulled off Fox Lane with a man and woman inside and stopped to investigate, police said.
Inside the car the officer found over 100 Hydrocodone pills, police said.
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Police charged Brittney Mendoza 20, of Alsip, and Manual Juarez, 23, of Chicago, with possession of a controlled substance and intent to deliver a controlled substance for sale or distribution.
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Police report information is provided by Palos Park police. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions taken on a given day, and persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. If you or a family member are charged or cited and the case is subsequently adjudicated, we encourage you to notify the editor. We will verify and report the outcome.
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