Chicago Man Gets 9 Years for Drug Sale, Possession for Drug Sale, Possession at Crystal Lake’s Super 8 Hotel

From the State’s Attorney:

The McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office announces that Michael R. Mantor, 50, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to nine years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

The sentence was handed down on January 15, 2025, by the Honorable Judge Tiffany Davis after Mantor entered a negotiated plea of guilty to one count of Unlawful Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance, a Class X Felony. 

On January 24, 2024, based on tips received, officers of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force along with members of the Lake County Special Investigations Unit, conducted a controlled purchase of cocaine from Mantor at a local hotel in Crystal Lake.

Video surveillance showed Mantor engage in a drug sale of cocaine and methamphetamine to a confidential informant.

Task Force officers’ subsequent entry into the hotel room resulted in locating cocaine, cutting agents, scales, and other drug paraphernalia.

Mantor was taken into custody without incident. 

McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese commends the McHenry County Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force and Lake County Special Investigations Unit on their collaborative efforts in the investigation of this case. The Task Force is committed to combatting illegal drug distribution in our county. This case was successfully prosecuted by Assistant State’s Attorney Shelby Page.