ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL OBTAINS PRISON SENTENCE IN CASE AGAINST SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY MAN FOR ROLE IN FENTANYL OVERDOSE DEATH

ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL OBTAINS PRISON SENTENCE IN CASE AGAINST SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY MAN FOR ROLE IN FENTANYL OVERDOSE DEATH

August 13, 2024

Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced today that a suburban Cook County man was sentenced to prison for his role in the drug-induced homicide of a Carol Stream man who died after overdosing on fentanyl and heroin.

The Attorney General's office prosecuted Stanley Carter, 31, of Streamwood, Illinois, who was sentenced to five years in prison by DuPage County Circuit Court Judge Mia McPherson. On Jan. 12, a DuPage County jury found him guilty of one count of criminal drug conspiracy, a Class 2 felony. As part of a separate investigation, Carter pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony.

"Across Illinois, families continue to deal with the devastating effects of the opioid epidemic," Raoul said. "Nothing can make up for the loss still felt by the victim's loved ones, but I hope this sentence that holds the defendant responsible for his actions helps them on their path to healing."

During trial, Attorney General Raoul's office alleged Timothy Kim, 35, died after overdosing on fentanyl and heroin that was allegedly sold by Stanley Carter and delivered by Lee Crosby, who was 33 at the time, and Nathan Crosby, who was 35 at the time, both of Willowbrook. Nathan Crosby was sentenced to probation for his role in the crime.

According to Raoul's office, Kim arranged through Lee Crosby to buy heroin from Carter in January 2021. The Crosbys completed the transaction by meeting with an associate of Carter's and then delivering the drugs to Kim in Carol Stream. According to Raoul, Kim's father found his son dead in his bedroom on Jan. 18 near a small baggie containing what was later confirmed to be a heroin mixture. The DuPage County Coroner's office ruled Kim's death to be the result of a combination of fentanyl and isopropyl intoxication.

Assistant Attorneys General Megan McGuire Bachman, Maribeth Ennis and Andrew Whitfield prosecuted the case for Raoul's Statewide Grand Jury Bureau.