Glendale Heights man among 8 charged in Chicagoland gun-trafficking investigation
Cordveel Davis | DuPage County Sheriff's Office
DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. - Another man has been charged in connection with an investigation into illegal gun and drug sale ring across the Chicago area.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Cordveel Davis, 24, was charged with three counts of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and two counts of unlawful sale or delivery of a fire alarm.
Seven other people were previously charged in the joint investigation between the attorney general's office, U.S. ATF Chicago division, the Lake County Sheriff's Office and the Aurora Police Department.
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"Illegal gun and drug sales fuel gang activity and make our neighborhoods less safe," Raoul said in a statement.. "I will continue to partner with federal entities and local law enforcement agencies in an effort to work collaboratively with all levels of government to address gun trafficking and violence in our communities."
An ATF investigation initially uncovered known suburban gang members and their associates illegally selling drugs and guns in the greater Chicago area, Raoul said. Those charged are:
- Steven Jordan, 47, from Aurora, Illinois, charged in Kane County Circuit Court with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, four counts of unlawful use or possession of weapons by a felon, two counts of unlawful sale or delivery of a firearm, and two counts of armed habitual criminal,
- Derrick Jordan, 46, from Aurora, Illinois, charged in Kane County Circuit Court with two counts of unlawful use of weapons by a felon
- David Stewart, 39, from Aurora, Illinois, charged in Kane County Circuit Court with one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance
- Robert McBride, 43, from Aurora, Illinois, charged in Kendall County Circuit Court with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, two counts of armed habitual criminal, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon,and two counts of unlawful delivery of firearms
- Clifford Carter, 34, from Bensenville, Illinois, charged in DuPage County Circuit Court with one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful sale of an unserialized firearm
- Huriel Hernandez, 24, from Bensenville, Illinois, charged in DuPage County Circuit Court with five counts of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, three counts of unlawful sale or delivery of a firearm; and one count of gunrunning
- Emarrion Pittman, 20, from Montgomery, Illinois, charged in Kendall County Circuit Court with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance