Louis
A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that in
cooperation with the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department and the
DEA, the property located at 9672 Bennington Drive, Huntley, IL was
determined to be subject to forfeiture under the provisions of the
Controlled Substances Act or the Cannabis Control Act. The property
had an estimated value of $209,118.00. An additional property located
at 10123 Ashley Street, Huntley, IL, was also the subject of asset
forfeiture and had an estimated total value of $46,233.00.
Under
the forfeiture laws, prosecutors file civil actions in court seeking
an order to forfeit property seized related to drug crimes. The
forfeited assets are sold and the forfeited money is distributed,
according to State law, among State law enforcement agencies. In this
case, $33,481.94 was distributed to the McHenry County State’s
Attorney’s Office as their share of the forfeited proceeds. The
forfeited money is deposited in a drug asset forfeiture account, and
pursuant to law, is used for substance abuse treatment and
educational programs, and for detecting, investigating, apprehending
and prosecuting people for drug crimes.
During
the 2015 Multi-Juris Drug Grant year, over one million dollars have
been recovered in drug asset forfeitures.
These
cases were prosecuted by Assistant State’s Attorney Randi Freese of
the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office.
