Drugs, $100K in cash and gun found during Winthrop Harbor shooting investigation
Detectives from the Winthrop Harbor Police Department seized drugs, weapons and cash from a home in Zion. Jeremiah Molcz is in custody.
ZION, Ill. - Winthrop Harbor police found a gun, thousands of pills and over $100,000 in cash at a home in Zion while investigating a shooting that happened Sunday.
Jeremiah Molcz, 49 of Zion, was arrested following further investigation.
On Aug. 21 around 7:45 a.m., a man was shot while driving in the 400 block of Sheridan Road, according to police.
Two vehicles were heading northbound on Sheridan Road driving next to each other when a man in the front passenger seat shot at the other car four times, police said.
The driver of the targeted vehicle was shot in his shoulder. The car with the shooter continued northbound on Sheridan Road, entering Wisconsin.
The gunshot victim drove himself to the Winthrop Harbor Fire/Police Department, where he was stabilized and transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center, officials said. The victim underwent surgery and was released two days later.
The Winthrop Harbor Police Department's Crime Scene Investigative Unit returned to the scene of the shooting to investigate.
The investigation led police to believe that the shooting was a targeted, isolated incident between two groups with no ties to the village of Winthrop Harbor.
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Winthrop Harbor Detectives, working with the Lake County States Attorney's Office, obtained a search warrant for a single-family home in Zion.
Detectives from the Winthrop Harbor Police Department located the following items within the home:
- A Glock .45 Caliber Pistol with 3 magazines + Ammunition
- $101,180.00 United States Currency
- 1,965 Oxycodone pills
- 6,159 Alprazolam (Xanax) pills
- 4,122 Amphetamine pills
- 127 Grams of Cocaine
- 150 Grams of Psilocybin Mushrooms
- 409 Grams of Cannabis
- 60 MDMA pills
- 46 Grams of MDMA powder
- 31 Grams of Xanax powder
- Scales, Packaging Material, Cannabis Grinder, and other Illegal Street Drug Items
- 4 Glass Cannabis Pipes
Police said Molcz is being held on a $1,000,000 bond. He is facing 14 felony criminal charges.
Police said more may be filed pending an analysis of unknown substances that were found.