Crime & Safety

State Police: Woman Hid Weed in Xmas Boxes

Deborah A. Guyette, 58, of California, was charged with drug trafficking after police stopped her near Interstate 80 and Route 30.

A California woman stopped in New Lenox hid 27.5 pounds of marijuana in boxes wrapped as Christmas presents, state police told Sun-Times Media.

Deborah A. Guyette, 58, was stopped by Illinois State Police on Sunday, Nov. 27 while she was driving on Interstate 80 near Route 30.

She was taken to Will County Jail and given a $15,000 bail. According to Sun-Times Media, police in Guyette's hometown of Willits, CA, recently found 205 marijuana plants in the woman's house. 

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