An 18-year-old man from Naperville’s far southwest side has been sentenced to jail and ordered to perform community service, after being convicted of possessing cocaine last spring during a traffic stop not far from his home.
Armand K. Mondragon, of the 2200 block of Palmer Circle in the White Eagle Club area of Naperville, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance, according to records on file in Will County Circuit Court in Joliet.
Judge Robert P. Livas accepted the plea, and on Wednesday, sentenced Mondragon to 58 days in Will County Jail. Records indicated Mondragon spent 29 days in the jail after his arrest, and with day-for-day credit for good behavior, already has completed that term and been released.
Livas also ordered Mondragon to perform 30 hours of public service and spend the next two years on probation, records showed.
Mondragon was a passenger in a friend’s black, BMW sport utility vehicle when Naperville police conducted a traffic stop about 11:23 p.m. May 5 near Cripple Creek Court and Cedar Glade Drive, in the city’s Woodlake neighborhood. The driver, an 18-year-old Naperville man, was curbed for speeding and failing to use his turn signal.
Police Sgt. Bill Davis in May said that a subsequent search showed Mondragon “had two grams of marijuana and approximately 0.5 grams of cocaine in his sock.”
A search of the SUV yielded two small, plastic bags, Davis said in an email. One of them contained 1.9 grams of marijuana, and the other 0.9 grams of that drug, he said.
Davis added that, in addition to speeding and failing to signal a turn, Mondragon’s friend was charged with driving with a suspended license and driving without insurance.
An examination of court documents revealed Mondragon had no prior criminal record in Will, DuPage and Kane counties.
