Man Gets 15 Years After Selling Fake Drugs

ST. CHARLES, Ill. - A Chicago man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling fake drugs while armed with a handgun. Alvin Perry, 32, was convicted in March on one count of armed violence and one count of unlawful distribution of a look-alike substance.

The Kane County State's Attorney's Office said Perry sold 100 tablets of fake ecstasy to undercover Aurora police. The tablets were later identified as baby aspirin.

Perry was sentenced Thursday. He has been in Kane County Jail since his arrest in February 2006.

Codefendants 22-year-old Termaine Hughes and 23-year-old Shevonne Allen, both of Bellwood, pleaded guilty to unlawful distribution of a look-alike substance and were sentenced to 24 months probation.

WMAQ-TV
April 27, 2007