Two Kankakee residents booked on drug charges
Police in Kankakee arrested a 20-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man on Thursday for separate fentanyl offenses.
By Leila Mansour ·
Two residents of Kankakee were booked into jail on Thursday after the Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group made separate arrests.
The multi-jurisdictional team did not release detailed arrest reports for either suspect.
Kayla Q. Earl, 20, and Dequan L. Pope, 28, appeared at detention hearings on Friday. Pope has a prior record in Kankakee County, including a 2016 conviction for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. He received a prison sentence for that offense but got credit for time already served in jail.
Court documents list 22 charges against Pope. These include 13 counts for delivering ecstasy and fentanyl, unlawful possession of a firearm by a repeat felony offender, unlawful possession of a machine gun, and armed violence with a firearm.
Authorities hold Pope at the Jerome Combs Detention Center. His attorney asked the court for more time, moving his next hearing to Monday.
Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe said Earl was charged with delivering one to 15 grams of fentanyl. Assistant State’s Attorney Jennifer Goudreau noted the charge is not detainable under the SAFE-T act. Earl was released on Friday with conditions to return for her grand jury hearing. Rowe said the grand jury is scheduled to hear her case within 30 days.
