Semi-Auto Handgun, Cocaine Found in Palatine Man's Apartment: Cops

A semi-automatic handgun, ammo and baggies of cocaine were found Thursday in the apartment of a 24-year-old Palatine man, according to police.

Angel Regino, of the 200 block of Bayside Drive, was arrested and charged with two counts of felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, and single counts of felony unlawful use of a weapon and felony possession of firearm ammunition without a FOID Card.

Palatine police executed a search warrant Thursday at Regino's apartment as the result of a drug investigation. Officers reported finding the following items in the residence:

• a .25-caliber semi-automatic handgun
• 10 rounds of .40 caliber ammunition
• 44 rounds of .25 caliber ammunition
• three baggies containing 3.46 grams of cocaine
• two pills of hydrocodone, a prescription opioid painkiller

Regino's bond was scheduled to be set Friday.

PHOTO: Angel Regino (Palatine Police Department)