Lake County Sheriff Arrests Alleged Heroin Dealers After Wauconda Death
Two Waukegan suspects arrested at Wauconda forest preserve; Waukegan man charged with drug induced homicide in relation to death of 26-year-old Wauconda man.
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The Lake County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), Criminal Investigations Division (CID), made two arrests and seized heroin in the course of investigating the death of a 26 year-old Wauconda man who died from a heroin overdose in the morning hours on May 16.
According to a news release from the LCSO, Deputies and Coroner investigators called in CID after determining the scene reflected the death was the result of a drug overdose. In an investigation led by Det. Chris Covelli, members of CID were able to identify the probable source of the heroin and subsequently were able to establish contact with that individual.
On May 18, at approximately 7 p.m., Sheriff’s detectives working in an undercover capacity, contacted Douglas Moses and arranged to buy heroin from him in a Wauconda forest preserve. When Moses arrived at the forest preserve with a second individual they were taken into custody without incident and the heroin was seized.
Charged were;
- Douglas E. Moses, 40, of Waukegan with Drug Induced Homicide; Unlawful Deliver of a Controlled Substance (UDCS) and Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance w/Intent (UPCS w/Intent).
- Yvonne M.Pitts, 36, of Waukegan with Unlawful Delivery of Controlled Substance (UDCS), Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance w/Intent, (UPCS w/Intent).
Both Moses and Pitts are awaiting a bond hearing.
Sheriff Mark Curran praised the efforts of the Criminal Investigations Division. “In a relatively brief period of time we were able to bring charges in a case that is usually very difficult to investigate. This I am sure will bring little comfort to the family of the deceased but it should send a message to those in our county that traffic in poison and death: You will be held accountable for your actions and prosecuted to the full extent that the law allows.”
Sandra Sims
5:02 pm on Saturday, May 19, 2012
What a lovely couple.
Donny
7:28 am on Sunday, May 20, 2012
Fine upstanding citizens those kinds of people are aren't they?
Rob
7:23 am on Monday, May 21, 2012
There have been way too many Heroin overdoses from the burbs out to Rockford, lately. When is enough - enough? At $10.00 pretty much anyone can afford it, kids are using their lunch money to buy Heroin! That is just crazy.
People need to pull their heads out of the sand and realize what's going on around them, help those that need it and turn into police those that deserve it.
Dennis
12:57 pm on Monday, May 21, 2012
Manslaughter, be out in five years doing the same thing! Circle upon circle, endless court and endless death...Neverending, because kids and adults think it will always be the other one to die... They believe that they are hurting no one but themselves... Users have to be put in jail too.
Joemama
9:18 am on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Ok now is the time to start cracking down on all involved user and sellers! How can we just sit back and let Heroin take over when we know the money is going to fund hate groups? Please take a stand if you see someone selling drugs call the police.
Ken S.
1:46 pm on Wednesday, May 23, 2012
HAHA losers
Heather A
2:59 pm on Wednesday, May 23, 2012
From another news source... the person who died from the heroin overdose was no saint. (just sayin' karma packs a punch)
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Robert Render, 26, died in the early morning hours of May 16. He was found at a halfway house in Wauconda where he had been staying while on parole, said Chief Wayne S. Hunter of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
In 2008, Render was charged in connection with the disappearance of Brian Carrick about six years before, although prosecutors eventually dropped the case. In 2010, he was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for stealing 12 cans of baby formula from the Jewel in Spring Grove, to be served at the same time as charges out of Lake County.
M.Gunther
10:01 pm on Friday, May 25, 2012
Heather-
Rob was no "saint" you are correct, who among us is? Are you? And the charges brought against him were dropped for good reason..there was no evidence because Robby had nothing to do with Brian Carrick's disappearance!!! He too was only 16 years old at the time and was caught up in the case because he worked there! He made mistakes, but he was a good person and he has a family who loves him and miss so maybe you should not speak on subjects of which you have no knowledge..I'm just saying.
Daniel Krudop
7:03 am on Saturday, May 26, 2012
"In 2010, he was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for stealing 12 cans of baby formula from the Jewel in Spring Grove, to be served at the same time as charges out of Lake County."
Love today's "editors". Is the baby formula being served at the same time?
Joey1
12:38 pm on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
M.Gunther-- Rob was more involved than the newspapers, police and prosecutors let on. I was present at the Carrick trial and know this. His blood and fingerprints were found along with Brian's blood in the produce cooler. He was also unaccounted for for 45 minutes during his shift and the last person seen alive with Brian Carrick. It was Rob who should have been on trial. He also lied to police when he made statements about the case and said he lied to try and get a better deal. He even went so far as to implicate Brian Carrick's brother. I'm glad they are going after the heroin dealers that sold him bad drugs and I'm sorry to his family that they lost thier son, but he had the answers to long unanswered questions and most likely turned to a drug like heroin to cope with it.
M.Gunther
2:25 pm on Friday, June 8, 2012
Joey-
Rob was my brother and just because you were at the trial does not mean you know more than the investigators in the case. There was no evidence my brother was involved, he worked at Val's, of course his fingerprints and other traces of him were there. Did you read a transcript of his statements, no you did not and they were never presented at trial so how do you know what his "story" was and whether or not it ever changed. Rob was never and should never have been on trial for Brian Carrick's murder, because he had nothing to do with it and the only reason these false rumors about his involvement persist is because of idiots like you who keep making false statements. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? Let the justice system do it's job and pursue justice in a court of law, a case should not be tried in the media. Let my brother rest in peace and his family mourn him.
Joeee
10:27 am on Monday, June 25, 2012
M. Gunther-- I'm not an idiot and I'm closely involved in the case so yes, I do know what I'm talking about. Its hard to have sympathy when your brother admitted to lying about other people's involvement in a murder trial just to get himself a better deal. He obviously didn't care that his lies could cause somebody else to be sent to jail for the rest of his life. Everyone knows the system has failed in this case, mostly because of sloppy investigative work and the fact that the whole case is based on stories from people who are profitting with thier testimony. At this point, they don't even care if they convict the right or wrong person, they just want to close the book and hold somebody accountable. I don't mean to cause you or your family more grief than you are going through and I will not post anymore after this. Sorry again.