Crime & Safety

Wheaton Woman Sentenced to Jail Time in Undercover Drug Buys

A 21-year-old Wheaton woman was sentenced to 86 days in jail after pleading guilty Thursday to selling cocaine to undercover agents in a series of orchestrated drug buys, according to the Daily Herald. 

As part of a plea deal, Larissa Pyykkonen, of 518 Kipling Court, entered a guilty pleat to one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance and was also sentenced to serve two years of probations and pay $1,200 in fines and fees, according to the article. 

She faced up to one to three years in prison on original drug charges after prosecutors said her and co-defendant Roger A. Johnson, 24, of Warrenville, sold less than 15 grams cocaine to undercover cops on at least two different occasions in February, the newspaper reports. 

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Pyykkonen and Johnson were arrested on Feb. 20 following the undercover investigation by the Wheaton Police Department with assistance from the Warrenville Police Department, according to a city of Wheaton press release.

Johnson is next expected in court on May 20, according to online court records. 

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