Chicago man faces 14 felony charges after Evanston police drug investigation

A Chicago man faces 14 felony charges after an Evanston Police Department investigation turned up more than 500 grams of suspected methamphetamine, four firearms and several suspected homemade incendiary devices at his home, police said. Ernest W. Pentek, 48, was arrested without incident about 2:05 p.m. Oct. 30 when officers executed a search warrant at his residence in the 6900 block of North Ashland Avenue in Chicago, according to police. Pentek’s charges include possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, a Class X felony, and four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. He was scheduled for an initial court appearance Saturday at the George N. Leighton Criminal Court Building, 2600 S. California Ave. in Chicago. The department’s Special Operations Group began investigating after it received information that Pentek was distributing narcotics in Evanston and Chicago, police said. Investigators also received information that he had multiple firearms