9 charged with dealing heroin, cocaine in Englewood

Nine people have been charged with selling cocaine and heroin in the Englewood neighborhood after a three-year investigation that employed wiretaps and video surveillance.
The suspects were arrested Thursday. Five weapons, more than a kilogram of cocaine and about 500 grams of heroin were seized.
The FBI said in a statement the investigation is a "ongoing operation" with Chicago police aimed at drug sales and gang violence.
The Englewood police district -- which covers the Englewood and West Englewood neighborhoods -- ended 2011 with a 50 percent rise in homicides over the previous year. From the start of 2012 through April 1, the district had 15 homicides compared to 8 during the same period last year.
Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy is scheduled to announce more drug arrests in a separate drug investigation on the West Side later this morning.
Those arrested in the Englewood operation are Valdemere Collier, 27, of the 6400 block of South Peoria Street; Terrance Elane, 40, of the 0-99 block of East 9th Street; Derrick Green, 33, of the 6400 block of South Morgan Street; Denitra Harris, 37, of the 6300 block of South Sangamon Avenue; Kalvin Harris, 34, of the 6600 block of South Wolcott Avenue; Eddie Hill, 54, of the 6600 block of South Normal Street; Mavric Johnson, 37, of the 5700 block of South Michigan Avenue, Clarence Jones, 39, of the 6200 block of South Langley and John May, 39, of the 6400 block of South Peoria Street