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Date: 07-15-2022
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Case Number: 3:21-cr-30012-SEM-KLM
Judge: Sue E. Myerscough
Court: United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois (Sangamon County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.
Brandy Friday, age 36, and Brent Garner, age 42, conspired to distribute methamphetamine and that they also distributed heroin. Friday was held responsible for 11.86 grams of ice methamphetamine, 10,888.4 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine, and 1,521.13 grams of heroin. Garner was held responsible for 11.86 grams of ice methamphetamine and 21.13 grams of heroin. Among other prior convictions, Garner had previously been convicted of a prior federal drug offense in 2009.
Both Friday and Garner have remained in the custody of U.S. Marshals since they were arrested in February of 2021.
Friday faced statutory penalties of up to 40 years imprisonment, up to a $5,000,000 fine, and up to a life term of supervised release. Due to his prior federal felony, Garner faced statutory penalties of a minimum of ten years up to life imprisonment, up to a $8,000,000 fine, and up to life term of supervised release.
The case investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Springfield Office; the West Central Illinois Task Force; the Quincy Police Department; and the Springfield Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Z. Weir represented the government in the prosecution.
21:846=CD.F: CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE -- Beginning on an unknown date, but not later than January 2020 and continuing to July 30, 2020, in Sangamon County and elsewhere, the Defendant knowingly and intentionally conspired to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine in violation of 21:841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B) and 846.
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Outcome: Defendants sentenced to 120 months imprisonment to run concurrently to the term of incarceration imposed in CDIL Case Number 09-30022; 8 year term of Supervised Release imposed; and $100 special assessment.
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