Naperville police mid-year crime data shows big spike in overdoses, sextortion cases over 2022
Drug overdose cases more than doubled from year to year, escalating from 22 in 2022 to 54 in 2023 for the period between Jan. 1 and June 30, data shows. Nine were tied to heroin and the rest to prescription drugs or a mix of substances.Six of the overdoses — two from heroin, two from cocaine and two from prescription drugs — were fatal this year, compared to three in 2022 and two in 2021.
Of the 14 incidents, 11 were sextortion cases involving teen boys who sent inappropriate photos of themselves to a person they did not known who then threatened them with public release if the teen did not pay money to the blackmailer, police said. On the good news front, no murders have been committed in Naperville in 2023. Last year, two homicides had occurred by June 30, numbers show.
Burglaries decreased from 60 cases in the first half of 2022 to 46 cases in 2023. Of the cases this year, 15 in 2023 were residential and 13% involved the use of force. Thirty were to commercial buildings.
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