From the State’s Attorney:
KENNETH PRICE GUILTY OF ARMED HABITUAL CRIMINAL, POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITH INTENT TO DELIVER, POSSESSION OF CANNABIS WITH INTENT TO DELIVER AND ENDANGERING THE HEALTH OR LIFE OF CHILD
Randi L. Freese, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that Kenneth Price, 32, of McHenry, was convicted of
- Armed Habitual Criminal,
- Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver,
- Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Deliver and
- Endangering the Health or Life of a Child
on December 5, 2024, at the conclusion of a bench trial.
Price will be sentenced by the Honorable Judge Mark Gerhardt on January 30, 2025.
On December 12, 2023, members of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force initiated an investigation into illicit drug sales out of a home in unincorporated McHenry. After obtaining a search warrant,
Task force officers executed a search of the home that same day.
Multiple pieces of evidence presented at trial proved that Price possessed a firearm, despite having been convicted of felonies for selling illegal drugs on two prior occasions.
Evidence also showed that Price possessed cocaine and cannabis with the intent to deliver.
Along with all the contraband, evidence collected by the officers determined minor children were living in the home from where all the drugs and weapon were recovered.
McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi L. Freese expressed her gratitude to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force for their swift and effective action.
A special thanks goes out to Assistant State’s Attorneys Stephan Gregorowicz and Brian Miller for their comprehensive preparation and effective presentation of the evidence at trial which led to Price’s conviction on all counts.
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