-from suburbanchicagonews.com-

Under a negotiated plea, a 32-year-old Mexican man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday in Lake County Circuit Court on drug charges.

Alegandro Bolla-Gonzales who lived in Zion previously until his arrest Sept. 12, 2006, was warned by Judge Fred Foreman that he could face deportation after serving his sentence because he is not a U.S. citizen.

Represented by attorney John Stergiou and speaking through an attorney, he pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to deliver.

Bollas-Gonzalez was arrested after he tried to sell to an undercover agent one kilogram of cocaine for $20,000 at a Burger King parking lot off Green Bay Road near Grand Avenue, according to Assistant State’s Attorney Scott Hoffert.

An argument resulted as he and the agent challenged each other as to who should produce the drug or the money first, said Hoffert. A search of his car yielded 987 grams of cocaine in the shape of “a white brick.”

Bollas-Gonzalez did not have a previous criminal record other than some traffic violations, Hoffert said.