Joliet Police Arrest Drug Dealer Who Escaped From Feds: English

JOLIET — Will County Judge John Connor has determined that 49-year-old Cortez Humphrey qualified as a flight risk, and he meets the dangerous standard under the Illinois SAFE-T-Act and that's why the Joliet man facing multiple drug-dealing charges will remain in the Will County Jail indefinitely as he waits for his trial.

On Monday, Joliet police announced that Humphrey was arrested in recent days on three counts of possession of a controlled substance, two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia, obstructing justice, driving while license revoked and having a federal arrest warrant.

According to Joliet police spokesman Dwayne English:

Following an investigation conducted by the Joliet Police Narcotics Unit, Humphrey was identified as a suspect in the possession of narcotics. Officers executed a search warrant on January 31, at 9:33 a.m. at Humphrey’s residence. At the residence, the officers recovered two rifles, a handgun, suspected cocaine, fentanyl, and cannabis, as well as ammunition, English noted.

The court files indicate that Joliet police recovered 108 grams of heroin and Fentanyl and 148 grams of cocaine. "The defendant was detained at the time and after Miranda, admitted the drugs were his," prosecutors informed Judge Connor.

Officers later located Humphrey driving a vehicle near Ingalls Avenue and Plainfield Road. Officers conducted a traffic stop and took Humphrey into custody. Humphrey’s driver’s license was revoked at the time of the traffic stop. Humphrey was also placed into custody for a federal warrant for escape from a halfway house.