Man Nabbed For Selling Guns, Cocaine In Multiple Counties: Sheriff

DEERFIELD, IL — Following an investigation that started late last year, a Rosemont man has been charged with eight felonies for reportedly selling firearms and cocaine in Lake and Cook counties. Andres Cardenas Guerrero, 26, of the 10400 block of Betty Court, Rosemont, was arrested on Thursday, in Deerfield.

Cardenas Guerrero, who remained in the Lake County Jail following, was due in court Friday for a detention hearing. He was charged with felony armed violence, four felony counts of unlawful delivery of cocaine, and three counts of felony unlawful delivery of a firearm

The investigation was led by a multi-agency effort, including the Lake County Sheriff's Office Special Investigations Group, a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area-funded task force, in collaboration with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (Chicago Field Division).

According to police, detectives from the Lake County Sheriff's Office and AFT agents launched an investigation into Cardenas Guerrero due to his suspected involvement in selling firearms and cocaine in Cook and Lake counties. During the investigation, he reportedly sold firearms and cocaine to undercover SIG detectives on several occasions in the two counties.

In early January, SIG detectives presented the facts and circumstances of the case to the Illinois Attorney General, as the guns and firearm transactions occurred in two separate counties. On Jan. 9, a statewide grand jury indicted Cardenas Guerrero on multiple charges and an arrest warrant was issued.

During the investigation, police learned Cardenas Guerrero would be in the Deerfield area. With assistance from the Deerfield Police Department, he was taken into custody in the 0-100 block of Waukegan Road in Deerfield.

"The success of this investigation underscores the important role our Special Investigations Group plays in targeting serious criminal activity," Lake County Sheriff John D. Idleburg said. "Being a HIDTA funded task force, and working alongside our partners at the ATF, SIG detectives were able to take another dangerous offender off the street and again disrupt the illegal trafficking of firearms and narcotics into Lake County."