West Central Illinois Drug Task Force
QUINCY — A Quincy man was sentenced to 10 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on two child pornography charges and one drug charge. Bryant Melton, 27, appeared with Public Defender Betsy Bier in Adams County Circuit Court on Monday morning before Circuit Judge Tad Brenner. Melton pled guilty to two counts of child…
Read Full Article SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Demetrius Fernando, 46, of the 2200 block of Ohio in Quincy, recently was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough to eight years in prison, to be followed by 48 months of supervised release, for distributing methamphetamine. At the sentencing hearing, the government presented evidence that Fernando distributed more than…
Read Full Article GRIGGSVILLE, Ill. — The Pike County Sheriff’s Department and West Central Illinois Drug Task Force recently arrested three people on methamphetamine related charges. Deputies with the Pike County Sheriff’s Department conducted a traffic stop at 8:11 p.m. Monday in the 300 block of West Quincy Street in Griggsville. Subsequent to an investigation, the driver,…
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