Belvidere Man Arrested on Drug Charges

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Updated: 4:53 PM Feb 5, 2010 Belvidere Man Arrested on Drug Charges Belvidere Police arrested 35 year old Eric Czepek on charges of drug possession. Police say Czepek also had drug packaging material, scales and paraphernalia. Posted: 4:02 PM Feb 5, 2010

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- From a Belvidere, IL Police News Release -

ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010, THE BELVIDERE POLICE DEPARTMENT NARCOTIC UNIT ARRESTED AN INDIVIDUAL ON DRUG CHARGES.

ERIC CZEPEK, 35 YEARS OLD OF BELVIDERE, WAS CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (PSILOCYBIN -CLASS 4 FELONY). CZEPEK REMAINS IN CUSTODY AT THE BOONE COUNTY JAIL WITH NO BOND.

THE ARREST OF CZEPEK CONCLUDED A ONE MONTH LONG INVESTIGATION BY THE BELVIDERE POLICE NARCOTIC UNIT.

ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010 BELVIDERE POLICE DETECTIVES, PATROL OFFICERS AND A BELVIDERE POLICE K-9 UNIT EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT IN 4100 BLOCK OF HUBBARD TRAIL, BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS. POLICE SEIZED PSILOCYBIN (MUSHROOMS), A QUANTITY OF CANNABIS, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, DRUG PACKAGING MATERIALS AND SCALES.

THE NARCOTIC INVESTIGATION STARTED AFTER POLICE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM A CONCERNED CITIZEN.

A CLASS 4 FELONY IS PUNISHABLE BY ONE (1) TO THREE (3) YEARS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.

THE BELVIDERE POLICE DEPARTMENT ENCOURAGES ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION ON A CRIME, SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY OR NARCOTIC TRAFFICKING TO CALL THE BELVIDERE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 544-2135 OR CRIMESTOPPERS AT 547-7867.

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Posted by: albee Location: belvidere on Feb 16, 2010 at 11:57 AM

you would think if he was dealing drugs he would be driving a better car!!!! Not a whole lot of dentective work going on here, just a snitch otr dealer trying to get out of trouble themselves, then the police call it a month long investigation, start arresting real criminals. Boone county law is a joke

Posted by: Jocette Location: Belvidere on Feb 10, 2010 at 07:00 PM

i think cops in belviere should mind there own ******* bussiness, and if they do get a tip from someone else, that person should still get in trouble for what they got busted with. you dont see eric telling on people, how childish. some people need to grow up and take responsibility for themselves. so **** who ever tipped the pigs off!

Posted by: Lily Location: Northern Illinois on Feb 10, 2010 at 11:23 AM

While I personally support the legalization of "recreational drugs" as long as alcohol is legal, I wonder as to the origins of the attitude of disowning personal responsibility when one does in fact break a current law. I sincerely hope you are all writing your government representatives and voicing your opinions in a way that will not only give you a temporary sense of relief, but will actually change the laws to make this sort of infringement on your personal freedoms as a citizen of a free country the illegal act. Tax it, legalize it, or make it all illegal!!! Recreational drug use to alter the human experience is as old as mankind; governing what law abiding responsible adults consume epitomizes our stubborn adherence to ideas rooted in inaccurate assumptions. Either it's all wrong or it's all okay!!! Please write your representative,your congressmen, all of our leaders! Equal application of theory in law!!!!!

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