Crime & Safety
Frankfort Man Arrested on Felony Drug Charges After Cops Find Baggies With Narcotics
Adam S. Wdowikowski, 21, was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance after Frankfort Police stopped the car he was riding in. A search uncovered small plastic bags with powdered heroin and OxyContin that Wdowikowski said were his.
A Frankfort man faces felony drug charges after police found traces of heroin and OxyContin in plastic baggies he claimed were his, police said.
Adam S. Wdowikowski, 21, of the 22500 block of South Center Road, was arrested on two counts of felony possession of a controlled substance after a traffic stop June 15 in the 10300 block of Laraway Road. Wdowikowski was booked in to Will County Jail and released on bond.
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At around 10:42 p.m. on June 15, police pulled over the silver Saturn Wdowikowski was riding in for not signaling a turn at the intersection of Laraway and LaGrange roads, said Deputy Chief Kevin Keegan. While explaining to the driver the reason for the stop, the officer noticed Wdowikowski and his brother sitting in the back seat and recognized the two as having a history with illegal narcotics, Keegan said.
The officer gave the driver a warning citation and asked if there was anything illegal in the car, Keegan said. The driver said there wasn't and allowed the officer to search the vehicle, which is when the officer found powdery substances in plastic baggies under the seat where Wdowikowski had been, Keegan said.
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Police preliminarily determined the brown powder to be heroin, and Wdowikowski, who told the officer the bags were his, claimed the white powder was OxyContin, a powerful prescription narcotic painkiller, Keegan said. The baggies did not contain any actual OxyContin pills, but tablets could have been ground into powder, he said. There is no field kit for officers to use to identify OxyContin, and the white powder, along with the brown powder, was sent to the crime lab for further analysis and final confirmation, Keegan added.
Although there were four people in the car—including a female minor—Wdowikowski was the only one charged and arrested, Kegan said. The other three were free to go, he added.
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