Office of the
Illinois Attorney General
Kwame Raoul

Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced that a Chicago man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to selling a controlled substance containing fentanyl in a case prosecuted by the Attorney General’s office.

Jason R. Spinks, 43, of Chicago’s Lawndale community, pleaded guilty in DuPage County Circuit Court to one count of unlawful sale or delivery of a controlled substance containing fentanyl. Judge Daniel P. Guerin sentenced Spinks to 10 years in prison.

“Fentanyl-laced drugs have devastated far too many Illinois families and communities across our state,” Raoul said. “Combatting this crisis will require continued collaboration among local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. I will continue to use my authority under state law to hold individuals accountable for distributing fentanyl-laced drugs.”  

According to Raoul, an undercover agent with the DuPage Metropolitan Enforcement Group contacted Spinks via text message regarding the purchase of narcotics starting in August 2025. Over the next several weeks, Spinks sold the undercover agent fentanyl, heroin, heroin mixed with fentanyl and crack-cocaine at locations in DuPage and Cook counties.

Raoul’s Statewide Grand Jury Bureau is authorized by Illinois statute to prosecute multi-county cases involving drugs, money laundering, guns or electronics. Working regularly with state and federal counterparts, the bureau focuses on complex, often large-scale, organized criminal activity. 

Deputy Chief Andrew Whitfield prosecuted the case for Raoul’s Statewide Grand Jury Bureau.