Kane County crack dealer gets 10 years

A Chicago man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for dealing crack cocaine in Kane County.

David J. Johnson, 38, pleaded guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and was sentenced in a plea deal accepted by Judge Thomas E. Mueller. He had faced up to 30 years for the Class X felony.

Johnson was one of two Chicago men arrested in early September after selling cocaine to narcotics agents in Aurora twice over the summer, police said. Co-defendant Michael A. Mattix, 46, has pleaded not guilty and is due back in court Jan. 15.

Police at the North Central Narcotics Task Force have said Johnson and Mattix routinely dealt cocaine in the Western suburbs and were arrested in Lisle after failing to show up for an undercover drug buy. In addition to prison time, Johnson was ordered to pay about $6,500 in court fines and costs, according to court records.

Mattix remained in the county jail with bond set at $150,000.