Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced an Aurora, Illinois man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison for his role in illegal firearm and drug sales throughout Chicagoland.
Steven Jordan, 48, of Aurora, Illinois was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday by Kane County Circuit Court Judge John A. Barsanti after he pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony.
“Illicit drug and firearm sales have a destabilizing effect on neighborhoods and often fuel an increase in other forms of criminal activity,” Raoul said. “I will continue to collaborate with federal agencies and local law enforcement to combat gun and drug trafficking and hold perpetrators accountable.”
Raoul charged Jordan and seven other defendants in December 2022 after a joint investigation between his office and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Chicago Field Division (ATF), with several local law enforcement agencies. According to Raoul, the investigation uncovered known suburban gang members and their associates involved in illegally selling drugs and guns. Jordan was charged after he sold heroin to a confidential informant with the ATF.
Throughout the investigation, the ATF worked with Raoul’s office and local law enforcement agencies to identify and arrest the seven other defendants. In July 2023, Huriel Hernandez pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the illicit activity. The cases against the six other defendants remain pending.
Assistant Attorney General Steven Knight handled the case for Raoul’s Statewide Grand Jury Bureau, which is authorized by Illinois statute to prosecute multi-county cases involving drugs, guns or electronics. Working regularly with state and federal law enforcement agencies, the bureau focuses on complex, often large-scale, organized criminal activity.
