Hand-To-Hand Busts Net 27 Bags of Crack, 44 Bags Of Heroin: Cops

OAK LAWN, IL — Oak Lawn police took 27 bags of crack cocaine and 44 bags of heroin off the streets after officers interrupted two separate hand-to hand drug sales, prosecutors said. Dante Young, 34, of Riverdale, appeared before Cook County Judge John Mahoney on felony charges of delivery of a controlled substance, unlawful possession with intent and possession of a controlled substance.

Charles Kindred, 33, of Chicago, appeared on a felony charge of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.

Around 5:40 p.m. July 23, police responded to a call of a suspicious person in the area of 87th Street and Keating Avenue. The prosecutors said that officers watched a man, later identified as Kindred, drive up in a vehicle where he was approached by a person on foot. Kindred was stopped when it was discovered that he was driving on a suspended license, according to the charges. Police said Kindred was found with four bags of heroin.

Bail was set at $10,000, and Kindred is due back in court Aug. 14 in Bridgeview.

Later the same day at 8:40 p.m., the prosecutor said police arranged for a confidential source to buy drugs off of Young near 92nd Street and Cicero Avenue. Police arrested Young after watching him sell drugs to the confidential source, the prosecutor said. Young was allegedly found to have 27 bags of crack cocaine and 40 bags of heroin. The prosecutor said police also discovered Young to have $3,000 cash.

The prosecutor said Young was out on bond for another unrelated charge. He also has a 2006 felony conviction for drug trafficking in Ohio.

“So we got bond on bond on bond,” Mahoney said. “You’re killing me man.”

Bail was set at $250,000. Young was assigned to appear in court Aug. 21 in Bridgeview.