Search warrant turns up cocaine, drug paraphernalia in Elgin

Linda Johnson | photo from Elgin police

(ELGIN) Two people were arrested Thursday night after police searched their home and found cocaine in northwest suburban Elgin.

Responding to a tip that drug sales were taking place at a home in the 0 – 100 block of National Street, investigators executed the search warrant shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, according to a statement from the Elgin Police Department.

The warrant was served without incident, and detectives recovered about 17 grams of cocaine, items indicative of drug sales and more than $900, police said. Two residents of the home were subsequently arrested.

McKinley Davis | photo from Elgin police

McKinley Davis, 59, faces charges of unlawful delivery and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, and unlawful delivery and manufacturing of a controlled substance, both felonies, police said.

Linda Johnson, 53, was charged with unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class A misdemeanor, police said.

On Friday, Davis was ordered held at the Kane County Jail on $200,000 bond, police said.