{"id":323079,"date":"2010-02-15T16:07:16","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T21:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/?p=18898"},"modified":"2010-02-15T16:07:16","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T21:07:16","slug":"man-stabbed-after-drug-deal-goes-awry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/323079","title":{"rendered":"Man stabbed after drug deal goes awry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A northwest suburban man has been charged with the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old man during a drug done gone wrong Sunday afternoon in his home.<\/p>\n<p>James E. Lewis of 26938 Rte. 134 in Ingleside has been charged with one count of first-degree murder, according to the Lake County Sheriff&#8217;s office. Lewis is accused of fatally stabbing John Herres.<\/p>\n<p>Herres, of the 1000 block of Wellington Avenue in Libertyville, was pronounced dead at Condell Health Network in Libertyville at 11 p.m. Sunday, according to Lake County Coroner Dr. Ricard Keller. <span id=\"more-18898\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Police, however, said Herres lived in Riverwoods.<\/p>\n<p>Police responded to Lewis&#8217; home about 1:30 p.m. and discovered Herres with a stab wound to the abdomen, the release said. He was flown by Flight For Life to Condell, but later died of his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators interviewed witnesses and learned an argument over a small amount of marijuana happened between several people, including Herres and Lewis, according to a release from the sheriff&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>Herres and a witnesses accused Lewis of shorting them a small amount of marijuana that Lewis had bought for the group.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis allegedly became &#8220;enraged&#8221; at the allegation, pulled out a 5-inch blade from his waistband, lunged at Herres and stabbed him once, the release said.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis was taken in further questioning and the murder charge was approved.<\/p>\n<p>Herres appeared to have been stabbed once but an autopsy was scheduled for later Monday, Keller said.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis will appear for bond hearing Tuesday at the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article from <a title=\"Man Stabbed after Drug Deal Goes Awry\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxchicago.com\/dpp\/news\/metro\/man-charged-in-stabbing-after-drug-deal-goes-awry\"  rel='nofollow'>FOX Chicago News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Distributed via <a href=\"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\" rel='nofollow'>Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/fDqOzEppnicjBfWf3tsGO4X1DSc\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/fDqOzEppnicjBfWf3tsGO4X1DSc\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/fDqOzEppnicjBfWf3tsGO4X1DSc\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/fDqOzEppnicjBfWf3tsGO4X1DSc\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=wfEJYv6_BKs:vSfxSoTeIbI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=wfEJYv6_BKs:vSfxSoTeIbI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=wfEJYv6_BKs:vSfxSoTeIbI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?i=wfEJYv6_BKs:vSfxSoTeIbI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/windycitynews\/~4\/wfEJYv6_BKs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A northwest suburban man has been charged with the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old man during a drug done gone wrong Sunday afternoon in his home. 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