WORTH, IL — Worth police arrested two 18-year-old men after they were caught selling an ounce of marijuana to a confidential source, prosecutors said Monday in court.

Michael Mackessy, of Willow Springs, and Jordan Whitehead, of Palos Heights, appeared before Cook County Judge Donald Havis on felony charges of delivery of cannabis. The men were arrested on Jan. 22. The prosecutor said Worth police made arrangements for a controlled buy through a confidential source. The source contacted Mackessy, who agreed to pay $250 for an ounce, or 33.5 grams, of marijuana.

The confidential source met Mackessy and Whitehead in their car at 111th Street and Natchez Avenue, and the confidential source purchased an ounce of cannabis using marked bills, the prosecutor said. When the confidential source made the buy, police confronted Mackessy and Whitehead. The prosecutor said police found the marked money with Whitehead, but Mackessy arranged the buy.

The assistant public defender told the judge that Whitehead graduated from Stagg High School. He has no prior criminal background. Mackessy has a pending charge of resisting and battery out of DuPage County, the prosecutor said.

Whitehead was released on a $10,000 I-bond. Judge Donald R. Havis also ordered random drug testing while the case is pending.

Bail for Mackessy was set at $25,000. Both men are due back in court Feb. 17 in Bridgeview.