Accused Addison Heroin Dealer Sentenced to 12 Years

An Addison man who was busted with heroin worth $1.4 million has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Orlando Pacheco-Ramos, 30 of the 400 block of Stevens, was one of four men charged with felony drug offenses in a multi-agency investigation, according to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Pacheco-Ramos, along with three Elgin men, were each charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. Pacheco-Ramos must serve 75 percent of his sentence before he’s eligible for parole.

Homeland Security Investigations Chicago received a tip July 23, 2014, about an out-of-state currency seizure, the state’s attorney’s office reports, leading authorities to watch an Elgin home.

Authorities say four people made a drug deal that day in Addison. The four people have been identified as Pacheco-Ramos, Luis Hernandez, 48 of the 200 block of Comstock Drive in Elgin, Andres Hernandez, 25 of the 0-100 block of Lynch Street in Elgin and Jose Hernandez, 28 of the 0-100 block of Lynch Street in Elgin. Luis Hernandez is the father of Jose and Andres Hernandez.

Officers pulled the men over after the drug deal, and they found seven kilograms of heroin with a street value of about $1.4 million inside Pacheco-Ramos’ car. They also found “a large quantity” of cash in Pacheco-Ramos’ home.

Luis Hernandez pleaded of guilty Feb. 26, 2015, to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance. He was sentenced to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Andres Hernandez pleaded guilty May 19, 2015, to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance. He was also sentenced to six years in prison.

Jose Hernandez was sentenced to 20 years on July 10, 2015, after a bench trial.

“The conviction of these four men demonstrates that we will continue to aggressively prosecute drug dealers who peddle this poison to our children,” said DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin in a statement. ”Make no mistake however, we still have a long way to go to rid our neighborhoods of the pain, heartache and death caused by drugs.”

The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office, the Addison Police Department, Elgin Police Department’s Special Investigations Division, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations were all part of these cases.

Photo via the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office.