The owner of a coffee shop in the Chicago area is facing charges after he sold methamphetamine to an undercover police officer, local prosecutors allege.
Peter Thomas, 35, is charged with three counts of delivery of meth and one count of possession of the drug with the intent to deliver it, all felonies, and one misdemeanor count each for resisting a police officer and unlawfully possessing marijuana as a driver, the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office said Thursday.
A police investigation identified Mr. Thomas as a potential source of methamphetamine.
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On Aug. 31, Mr. Thomas is alleged to have arranged a sale of the drug, unaware that his customer was an undercover cop.
The deal took place the next day at a business in Elmhurst, near Chicago, the state’s attorney’s office said.
Mr. Thomas is also accused of making two subsequent sales to the same officer on Sept. 30 and on Wednesday at his home in Villa Park, also near Chicago.
After the sale Wednesday, Mr. Thomas went to the Elmhurst business and was promptly arrested.
The state’s attorney’s office did not specify the name of the business.
The Chicago Tribune identified the business where the first alleged sale took place and where Mr. Thomas was arrested as Pilot Pete’s Coffee & Treats in Elmhurst.
Mr. Thomas is accused of having methamphetamine on his person at the time of his arrest, prosecutors said. He is next due to appear in court on Nov. 23.
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