FOOTBALL PLAYER INDICTED ON DRUG CHARGES
Round Lake man:
MEG team seizes 1.5 pounds of marijuana, $10,000
By Chris Brenner
Staff Writer
March 1, 2001
A Round Lake man who was in the running to be a quarterback for an Arena League football team in Chicago was indicted on drug charges Wednesday in Lake County.
Also indicted were a North Chicago woman and a Waukegan man on robbery charges, said Jim Simonian, an assistant Lake County state’s attorney.
Adam Teach, 27, was indicted on one count of possession with intent to deliver marijuana and one count of unlawful possession of marijuana.
At the time of arrest, Tesch had in his possession arrest 1.5 pounds of marijuana —with an estimated street value of $1,500 and $10,000 in cash, Simonian said.
Tesch played for the Lake County Vikings semipro football team for three years in the 1990s. In mid-February, he participated in a quarterback tryout for the Chicago Rush, a new franchise in the Arena League.
Tesch was arrested Feb. 15 at his home in the 700 block of North Petite Road by Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group agents, Simonian said. There they confiscated the marijuana and the money.
If convicted, he faces three to seven years in prison, Simonian said.
Teach was released from custody after posting 10 percent of a $50,000 bond.
He will be arraigned March 13 before Lake County Circuit Court Judge Mary Schostok in Circuit Court in Waukegan.
