Date: 01-17-2020

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Case Number: 1:18-cr-10064-JES-JEH

Judge: James E. Shadid

Court: United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois (Peoria County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Adam W.Ghrist

Defendant's Attorney:

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Description: Peoria, IL - The United States of America charged Raymone Stephen with distribution of crack cocaine.

Raymone Stephens, 31, of Bloomington, Ill., to 16 years and 8 months in prison for his role in a crack cocaine trafficking conspiracy in 2018. Stephens, sentenced on Jan 9, 2020, has been in the custody of the U.S. Marshals since his arrest in November 2018, and will be transferred to the federal Bureau of Prisons to serve his sentence.

On Sept. 4, 2019, Stephens pleaded guilty to participating in the conspiracy and to eight counts of related possession and distribution of crack cocaine in the Bloomington-Normal area. A co-defendant, Khalil Hood, 29, has also pleaded guilty to the conspiracy and to one count of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. Hood is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 31, 2020. Three additional defendants were convicted on state charges in McLean County. As a result of the investigation, officers recovered more than 300 grams of cocaine, four handguns, a pistol-grip shotgun, and a bulletproof vest.

These convictions were secured by a multi-month investigation in the summer and fall of 2018 by the Bloomington Police Department and the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration. The McLean County State’s Attorney’s Office and the United States Attorney’s Office worked together throughout the investigation and prosecution to secure both state and federal convictions.

Charges:

21:846=CD.F CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE Beginning in approximately August 2018, and continuing to on or about November 2, 2018, in McLean County, in the CDIL and elsewhere, the defendants did knowingly Drug Trafficking Conspiracy in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. §§ 846,841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A).
(1)

21:841A=CD.F CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE On or about September 18, 2018, in the CDIL, the defendant did knowingly and intentionally Distribution of a Controlled Substance in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C).
(3)

21:841A=CD.F CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE On or about September 27, 2018, in the CDIL, the defendants did knowingly and intentionally Distribution of a Controlled Substance in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
(4)

21:841A=CD.F CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE On or about October 3, 2018, in the CDIL, the defendants did knowingly and intentionally Distribution of a Controlled Substance in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
(5)

21:841A=CD.F CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE On or about October 18, 2018, in the CDIL, the defendant did knowingly and intentionally Distribution of a Controlled Substance in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
(6)

21:841A=CD.F CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE On or about October 26, 2018, in the CDIL, the defendant did knowingly and intentionally Distribution of a Controlled Substance in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
(7

21:841A=CD.F CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE On or about November 1, 2018, in the CDIL, the defendants did knowingly and intentionally Distribution of a Controlled Substance in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
(8)

21:841A=CD.F CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE On or about November 2, 2018, in the CDIL, the defendant did knowingly and intentionally Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
(9)

21:841A=CD.F CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE On or about November 2, 2018, in the CDIL, the defendants did knowingly and intentionally Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C).
(10)

Outcome: IT IS ORDERED: Dft committed to the custody of the BOP for 200 months on each of Counts 1 & 3-10 to run concurrent with each other; 10 years Supervised Release as to Count 1, 6 years as to Counts 3 & 10, and 8 years on each of Counts 4-9, all to run concurrently with each other; No Fine; $900 Special Assessment.

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