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Man charged with selling cocaine, heroin in Wheaton

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Ebben S. Knippen. | Wheaton police

A man has been charged with selling heroin and cocaine in Wheaton.

Detectives concluded a drug investigation Tuesday by arresting 26-year-old Ebben S. Knippen, according to police in the western suburb.

Knippen, of the 100 block of North Hale Street in Wheaton, resident faces two felony counts of delivery of a controlled substance for heroin and cocaine, police said.

He remained jailed on a $75,000 bond early Saturday, according to the DuPage County sheriff’s office.

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