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Date: 03-17-2021
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Case Number: 3:20-cr-30015-RM-TSH
Judge: Richard Mills
Court: United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois (Sangamon County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with trafficking methampheamine.
Sharnell Washington, 25, of Quincy, Ill., was charged with trafficking methamphetamine in Quincy in 2020.
Washington pleaded guilty on Jan. 27, 2021, to distribution of methamphetamine and was found responsible for approximately 46.84 grams of pure meth, or ice, and an additional two grams of a mixture containing methamphetamine.
At sentencing, the court noted that Washington was convicted in Adams County in December 2016 for aggravated battery to a child and has prior convictions for trafficking methamphetamine.
The West Central Illinois Task Force; Illinois State Police; and the Drug Enforcement Administration investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory M. Gilmore represented the government in the prosecution in cooperation with the Office of Adams County State’s Attorney Gary Farha.
21:841A=CD.F - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE - On or about September 30, 2019, in Adams County, the defendant knowingly and intentionally distributed a detectable amount of methamphetamine in violation of 21:841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C).
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Outcome: Defendant committed to the Bureau of Prisons for a term of 151 months, 6 years supervised release with conditions and a $100 special assessment.
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