The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group (SIG), a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) funded task force, with the assistance of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) – Chicago Field Division, concluded an investigation that resulted in the arrest of a Beach Park man for drug trafficking.
In January of 2025, SIG received a tip that Evan E. Crews, 34, of the 40100 block of North Glendale Avenue, Beach Park, was trafficking drugs. Members of SIG conducted an undercover operation that revealed Evans sold over 90 grams of cocaine to undercover detectives on several occasions. Evans set the location of at least one of the drug deals within 350 feet of an elementary school.
On March 5, 2025, following the investigation, Crews was arrested in the 200 block of Water Street, Waukegan.
After reviewing the facts and circumstances of the investigation, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office approved the following charges:
Three Counts of Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver (Class X Felonies)
Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver within 500 feet of a school (Class X Felony)
Three Counts Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance (Class 1 Felonies)
Violating an Order of Protection (Class 4 Felony)
“It is absolutely unacceptable that anyone would endanger our communities by trafficking dangerous drugs, let alone so close to an elementary school. Our Special Investigations Group, in partnership with the ATF – Chicago Field Division, remains relentless in holding drug traffickers accountable and keeping these poisons off our streets. I commend our detectives and law enforcement partners for their outstanding work in this case.”
— Sheriff John D. Idleburg
Crews remains held in the Lake County Jail pending an initial court hearing this morning, Thursday, March 6, 2025.
All defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
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