Article: Detective dies in crash Hosey spent nearly five years with ISU police

DWIGHT -- An Illinois State University detective honored for efforts against illegal drug sales died in a traffic accident Monday night near Dwight.

Detective Anthony Hosey, 37, was dead at the scene of the single- car accident that occurred just before 10 p.m. on northbound Interstate 55 about four miles north of the exit for Dwight, said state police.

The officer worked for ISU police and Task Force 6, a multiagency narcotics unit coordinated by state police based in Pontiac.

"Tony Hosey was one of the finest police officers I have had the privilege to work with in my many years in law enforcement in two different states," said ISU Police Chief Ronald Swan. "He was a gentleman, he was a ...

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