Office of the
Illinois Attorney General
Kwame Raoul
Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced an Elgin, Illinois man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 22 years in prison for gunrunning in Kane County.
Graham Green, 26, was sentenced today by Kane County Circuit Court Judge Julia Yetter after pleading guilty to a Class X felony count of unlawful sale or delivery of a firearm.
“As a result of the collaboration between my office, federal authorities and local law enforcement, an individual is being held accountable for jeopardizing public safety by bringing illegal firearms into our communities,” Raoul said. “Illegal gun sales destabilize neighborhoods and fuel additional criminal activity, and I will continue to address gun trafficking and violence around Illinois.”
Raoul’s office charged Green in March 2024 after an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The ATF investigation showed that from September 2023 to December 2023, Green took part in the illegal sale of 18 firearms and three machine gun conversion devices in Kane County. Green was arrested on March 4 by the Elgin Police Department.
“ATF is proud to partner with the Illinois Attorney General’s office and the Elgin Police Department to target offenders trafficking firearms and selling illegal machinegun conversion devices in our communities,” said ATF Chicago Field Division Special Agent in Charge Christopher Amon. “The sentence imposed today underscores the seriousness of the defendant’s conduct and our commitment to working together with our law enforcement partners to hold offenders accountable.”
The Attorney General’s office co-prosecuted the case with Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser’s office.
Deputy Bureau Chief Andrew Whitfield prosecuted this case for Raoul’s Statewide Grand Jury Bureau.
Raoul’s Statewide Grand Jury Bureau is authorized by Illinois statute to prosecute multi-county cases involving drugs, money laundering, guns or electronics. Working regularly with state and federal counterparts, the bureau focuses on complex, often large-scale, organized criminal activity.
