CWBChicago 2/17/2022
6-time felon is charged with dumping $6,300 worth of heroin from a Lexus owned by CPD’s head of internal affairs
A six-time convicted felon with a pending felony drug case was charged earlier this month with throwing a bag containing $6,300 worth of individually-packaged heroin from a Lexus that belongs to the Chicago Police Department’s Chief of Internal Affairs, officials confirmed Wednesday.
Chief Yolanda Talley had loaned her car to her niece and the accused man, Kenneth Miles, is the niece’s boyfriend. Cops released Talley’s niece and allowed her to drive Talley’s car away.
Officials said that Chicago’s Office of the Inspector General is investigating the situation.
Needless to say, there are many notable elements to the story.
Among them: A Cook County judge tried to keep Kenneth Miles locked up over a year ago. But the county justice system put Miles back on the street time and time again even though he was on parole and had a pending felony case that he repeatedly failed to show up for in court.
Shortly before Christmas 2020, Miles stood before Cook County Judge John Lyke for a bail hearing.
Miles was on parole for his fifth felony narcotics conviction since 2010 at the time. He also had a pending felony case for manufacture-delivery of heroin, and he was appearing before Lyke to be charged with another felony distribution of heroin case.
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