Two Rockford men arrested on cocaine, cannabis charges

Michael C. Perez

Caleb N. Gryner

Online Staff Report

The State Line Area Narcotics Team (SLANT) arrested two Rockford residents for possession with the intent to deliver cocaine and possession with intent to deliver cannabis.

Michael C. Perez, 32, of the 4700 block of Cayuga Road, Rockford, was arrested and charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver a controlled substance (cocaine) within 1,000 feet of a church, a class X felony, and one count of violation of an order of protection, a class A misdemeanor.

Caleb N. Gryner, 22, of the 4700 block of Cayuga Road, Rockford, was arrested and charged with one count of possession with the intent to deliver cannabis, a class 3 felony.

The arrests of Perez and Gryner come after SLANT agents and members of the Illinois State Police S.W.A.T. team executed a search warrant of Perez’s Rockford residence. Seized as a result of the search warrant were 19 grams of suspected cocaine and 182 grams of suspected cannabis.

Class X felonies are punishable by six to 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Class 3 felonies are punishable by two to five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Class A misdemeanors are punishable by up to one year in a county jail.