Raynor Ave. Cocaine, Heroin Dealer Wins Pretrial Release From Judge Ewanic: Prosecutors

JOLIET, IL — After spending two days kept inside the Will County Jail in late May following his Will County Sheriff's arrest on Class X felony charges of unlawful manufacture or delivery of controlled substances, a 34-year-old Romeoville man who prosecutors stashed his illegal drugs inside a garage in the 1000 block of North Raynor Avenue has regained his freedom.

Will County Judge Derek Ewanic rejected efforts by the Will County State's Attorney's Office of Jim Glasgow seeking to keep Rasheen McCorkle, who hails from Romeoville, incarcerated under the SAFE-T-Act. According to court files, McCorkle is being represented by a Chicago criminal defense attorney, the law offices of Gayle Schor. Following McCorkle's SAFE-T-Act detention hearing, the judge ordered McCorkle released on his own recognizance.

McCorkle is charged with distribution of cocaine, distribution of heroin, possessing 100 to 400 grams of cocaine and possession of controlled substances.

According to the prosecution's filing, McCorkle stored large amounts of drugs in a multi-colored backpack in the garage where, according to his girlfriend and children's mother, at least five children had access. McCorkle placed the health and safety of the children at risk by keeping these drugs in an area that the children had access.

"Had the children discovered the drugs, this could have led to an accidental overdose," prosecutors informed Judge Ewanic. "Four of the five children are under the age of 11."

As for the prosecution's filing that tried to keep McCorkle in the Will County Jail, on May 22, at 7:54 a.m., the Will County Sheriff's Office raided a house in the 1000 block of North Raynor, and they had a search warrant for McCorkle.

Deputies stopped McCorkle's black GMC Sierra truck just before he returned to the driveway on North Raynor. A woman was inside the house along with several small children as the Will County Sheriff's deputies raided the house and recovered the following evidence, according to prosecutors:

• $1,685 inside McCorkle's GMC Sierra truck
• 3 sandwich bags weighing 190 grams in the backpack of the garage, this was cocaine.
• 2 clear knotted bags weighing 48 grams in the backpack of the garage, this was cocaine.
• 1 clear knotted bag weighing 14 grams in the backseat of the garage, this was heroin.
• 1 clear knotted bag in the backpack in the garage weighing 50 grams, this was cocaine.
• 1 clear black freezer bag weighing 379 grams in the top master bedroom drawer, this was marijuana.
• 1 black digital scale in the garage next to the backpack with the drugs.
• paperwork addressed to McCorkle found in the master bedroom.

Court records indicate that the woman at the house on North Raynor Avenue told the sheriff's deputies that the backpack was not hers.