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UPDATE: Alex Mac, 22, of Skokie, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful possession of between 2,000 and 5,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver. All other charges were dismissed.
BLOOMINGTON — A Skokie man was being held in McLean County jail on charges that he had more than 30 pounds of cannabis with the intent to distribute.
Alex Mac, 22, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (class X felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis (class 1 felony), prosecutors said.
Alex Mac, 22, of Skokie, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful possession of between 2,000 and 5,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver. All other charges were dismissed.
The charge came after an Illinois State Police traffic stop in McLean County led officers to find 30 vacuum-sealed, 1-pound bags of cannabis and 938 cannabis vape cartridges, prosecutors said.
Mac was jailed in lieu of posting $10,035 and an arraignment is scheduled for April 30.
