Glen Ellyn Man Sentenced In Drug-Induced Homicide Of Clarendon Hills Woman

GLEN ELLYN, IL — A Glen Ellyn man was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for drug-induced homicide in connection with the death of Margaret McCabe, 29, of Clarendon Hills woman in 2022. Sergius Harty, 32, pleaded guilty in June to one charge of felony drug-induced homicide.

Police were called to McCabe's home on Nov. 5, 2021, after she was found unresponsive. She was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. An investigation found that Harty had given McCabe a bag that contained fentanyl on Nov. 4. Harty was arrested on Aug. 18 after police determined the fentanyl had caused McCabe's death.

"While we have made progress in getting drug users the help they need, those who supply the drugs are an entirely different concern,” DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in a statement.

Berlin “A dealer, a friend or even a family member may have second thoughts about supplying this poison knowing that they will be looking at a significant amount of time behind bars if they are proved to be the source of a fatal overdose. Today’s sentence sends the message that in DuPage County we will not stand idly by while our family, friends and neighbors lose their lives to illegal narcotics."

Harty must serve 75 percent of his sentence before he becomes eligible for parole.