Chicago man accused in 3 killings faces new jail drug charge
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A new felony charge adds to the cases facing a Chicago man held in Cook County Jail, where he awaits trial in three separate murder cases.The Cook County Sheriff’s Office said correctional staff saw 21-year-old Anthony Nunnally repeatedly reaching into his pants on May 18. Staff searched him and found two small, saturated squares of paper wrapped in a larger piece of paper inside the crotch of his long underwear.The Illinois State Police lab found that the pieces tested positive for a synthetic cannabinoid and buprenorphine, the sheriff’s office said. A Cook County grand jury indicted Nunnally on Oct. 9 on a charge of bringing a controlled substance into a penal institution.Nunnally has been held at Cook County Jail since October 2025 on separate aggravated vehicular hijacking and armed robbery charges. He has also been charged in three killings.The murder casesProsecutors accuse Nunnally of killing 19-year-old Sierra Evans in September 2024. Evans was found shot to death in an alley n