A 20-year-old Portage Park man is facing several charges after authorities allegedly found a stash of drugs in his vehicle during a February traffic stop in South Elgin.
Michael A. Venegas is charged with four felony counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance and two misdemeanor counts of unlawful possession of cannabis, according to the Kane County state’s attorney’s office.
The charges stem from a traffic stop on Feb. 22 in the western suburb, prosecutors said. South Elgin police pulled over Venegas for an alleged traffic violation and noticed Venegas was acting suspiciously.
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Officers searched his car and allegedly found LSD, codeine, amphetamine pills, more than 30 grams of marijuana and a waxy substance containing marijuana, prosecutors said.
The suspected drugs were sent to a lab for testing and charges were approved after the results came back months later, the state’s attorney’s office said.
Venegas was released from custody Tuesday after posting a $10,000 bond, prosecutors said. He is scheduled to appear in court Jan. 7, 2020.
