From the State’s Attorney:
KENNETH PRICE SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
The McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office announces that Kenneth Price, 32, of McHenry, was sentenced to fourteen years in the Illinois Department of Corrections by the Honorable Mark Gerhardt on January 30, 2025.
Price was found guilty of
- Armed Habitual Criminal,
- Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver,
- Unlawful Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Deliver,
- Possession of Ammunition by a Felon and
- Endangering the Health or Life of a Child
on December 5, 2024, at the conclusion of a bench trial.
Under truth in sentencing, Price will serve 85% of his fourteen-year sentence on the charge of Armed Habitual Criminal.
On December 12, 2023, members of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force initiated an investigation into illicit drug sales in unincorporated McHenry. They obtained a search warrant for a home and executed it that same day.
Evidence at trial proved that Price possessed a firearm, despite having two prior convictions for selling illegal drugs.
Additionally, the evidence showed that Price possessed cocaine and cannabis with the intent to deliver. Evidence also established that contraband was present in the home where minor children resided.
Detective Nicholas Clesceri, of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force, testified at Price’s sentencing hearing about his extensive history of illicit drug sales in McHenry County.
State’s Attorney Randi Freese commends Detective Clesceri and the entire Task Force for their dedication to protecting the citizens of McHenry County.
This case was successfully prosecuted by Assistant State’s Attorneys Stephan Gregorowicz and Brian Miller of the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office.
