An Aurora man has been slammed with a 15-year prison sentence for allegedly fueling Chicagoland's drug and gun trafficking scene, Attorney General Kwame Raoul made public Wednesday. 48-year-old Steven Jordan pled out to a Class 1 felony for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, and got swiftly booked by Kane County Circuit Court Judge John A. Barsanti, taking one more player out of Chicagoland's criminal underworld.
"Illicit drug and firearm sales have a destabilizing effect on neighborhoods and often fuel an increase in other forms of criminal activity," said Raoul, leaning in on his commitment to boldly take down perpetrators and work lockstep with both federal and local law enforcement. The crackdown was part of a larger December 2022 dragnet, spearheaded by Raoul's office and the ATF, which sought to stamp out suburban gang-related crime.
The investigation that put Jordan behind bars was a joint affair, with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Chicago Field Division (ATF) and several local forces all getting their hands dirty. Jordan got nabbed after he thought he could slickly slip heroin to an undercover ATF informant, a move that would eventually seal his fate.
July 2023 saw Huriel Hernandez similarly cuffed and sentenced to 15 years for his entangled role in the same melee of illicit activities. While Jordan and Hernandez sit starting long bids, the cases against six other accused associates continue to dangle in the wind. Assistant Attorney General Steven Knight is the point man for the prosecution, working as part of Raoul's Statewide Grand Jury Bureau, which focuses on dismantling sophisticated, large-scale criminal rings that deal in drugs, guns, or electronics.
This is the second major guilty plea that Raoul's office has secured in the ongoing investigation which, since the get-go, has been kicking down doors and dragging suburban gang members and their cronies before the courts.
