Belvidere/Boone County Metro Narcotics Unit arrests Rockford man

On Tuesday, Nov. 8, a two month investigation by the Belvidere/Boone County Metro Narcotics Unit and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Task Force, resulted in the arrest of a Rockford resident on felony drug charges.

Lawndale B. Pelts, 28, of Rockford, was charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance – (heroin) within 1,000 feet of a church– (class one felony).

On Tuesday, Nov. 8, the Belvidere/Boone County Metro Narcotics Unit arrested Pelts on two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (heroin) within 1,000 feet of a church. Pelts remains in the custody of the Boone County Jail on $250,000 bond.

The investigation is ongoing and additional charges are possible.  Each class one felony is punishable by four to 15 years in the Department of Corrections.

The Belvidere/Boone County Metro Narcotics Unit encourages anyone having additional information regarding narcotic trafficking or other criminal activity to call the Belvidere/Boone County Metro Narcotics Unit at (815) 544-2135 or Crime Stoppers at (815) 547-7867.

Members of the public are reminded that these are only charges and are not proof of the defendant’s guilt.  Every defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the State’s burden to prove his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.