WHEATON, Ill. (CBS) — Bond was set at $5 million full cash bond Sunday for a man charged with firing at law enforcement agents who were surveilling a warehouse full of illegal marijuana in Wood Dale.
Nicholas Valentino, 33, of Des Plaines, appeared for a bond hearing at DuPage County Court in Wheaton Sunday morning, Judge James Orel set the bond, and ordered that Valentino will also have to prove that he is not using any money obtained illegally to make bond if he does so.
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The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s office said Valentino is charged with one count each of unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver, unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, and two counts each of armed violence and aggravated discharge of a firearm, as well as aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
This past Thursday evening, officers from the DuPage County Metropolitan Enforcement Group, or DuMeg, were conducting surveillance of a warehouse in Wood Dale they suspected of being used for drug activity. The agents saw a van and a Volkswagen leave the warehouse, the latter of which Valentino was driving, prosecutors said.
Agents followed the vehicles into the Chicago city limits, but did not pursue them further after that, prosecutors said.
But as the agents returned to DuPage County, they saw the van again and tried to pull it over – but its driver did not stop, prosecutors said. The…
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WHEATON, Ill. (CBS) — Bond was set at $5 million full cash bond Sunday for a man charged with firing at law enforcement agents who were surveilling a warehouse full of illegal marijuana in Wood Dale.
Nicholas Valentino, 33, of Des Plaines, appeared for a bond hearing at DuPage County Court in Wheaton Sunday morning, Judge James Orel set the bond, and ordered that Valentino will also have to prove that he is not using any money obtained illegally to make bond if he does so.
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The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s office said Valentino is charged with one count each of unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver, unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, and two counts each of armed violence and aggravated discharge of a firearm, as well as aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
This past Thursday evening, officers from the DuPage County Metropolitan Enforcement Group, or DuMeg, were conducting surveillance of a warehouse in Wood Dale they suspected of being used for drug activity. The agents saw a van and a Volkswagen leave the warehouse, the latter of which Valentino was driving, prosecutors said.
Agents followed the vehicles into the Chicago city limits, but did not pursue them further after that, prosecutors said.
But as the agents returned to DuPage County, they saw the van again and tried to pull it over – but its driver did not stop, prosecutors said. The…
