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Date: 04-20-2023
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Judge: James E. Shadid
Court: United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois (Peoria County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Peoria
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Description: Peoria, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of five grams or more of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
Derek Lee Pollitt, age 37, from Peoria, was indicted by a federal grand jury in June 2022 and pleaded guilty in December 2022.
The statutory penalties for possession of five grams or more of methamphetamine with intent to distribute are not less than five years and up to forty years imprisonment, not more than a $5,000,000 fine and four years to life of supervised release.
The Drug Enforcement Administration, the Canton Police Department, and the Illinois State Police investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Hollingshead-Cook represented the United States in the prosecution.
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 81 months in prison.
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