Crime & Safety
Man Dealt Heroin At New Lenox Train Station: Sheriff
Will County's Sheriff says this man lives in Lemont, but the jail has him as being homeless.
NEW LENOX, IL - The Will County Sheriff's Department arrested a 38-year-old man from Lemont in connection with allegations that he was dealing a substantial amount of heroin in New Lenox. The criminal defendant is Daniel Suerth and he has been charged with three counts of manufacturing and delivery of heroin as well as one count of possessing heroin. A Will County judge set his bail at $500,000.
"After a month long investigation, the Sheriff's Gang Suppression Unit took Suerth into custody at the New Lenox Metra Station," a sheriff's press release states.
The arrest occurred on Tuesday. The sheriff's department and the Drug Enforcement Area were investigating Suerth "who was trafficking heroin from Chicago to New Lenox via the Metra train. At the time of his arrest, Suerth was found to have 103 grams of heroin and .4 grams of cocaine in his possession," police said.
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Jail logs had the defendant listed as being homeless.
Mugshot of Daniel Suerth via Will County Sheriff
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