Schaumburg man charged in Kane drug deal

A Schaumburg man has been arrested on charges he sold ecstasy to an undercover narcotics agent, police said Thursday.

Justin B. Altergott, 18, of the 500 block of Chase Court, was arrested about 9:30 p.m. Monday in a parking lot on Randall Road in Elgin.

Master Sgt. Bill Backus of the North Central Narcotics Task Force said Altergott sold 50 ecstasy pills with a street value of about $1,500 to a narcotics investigator.

Altergott was charged with two felony counts of manufacturing 15 to 200 ecstasy pills, a Class X felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison, court records show.

He was being held in the Kane County jail Thursday in lieu of $100,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court June 12 before Judge James C. Hallock.