SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Mills today sentenced Sharnell Washington, 25, of Quincy, Ill., to serve 151 months (12 years 7 months) in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine in Quincy in 2020. Washington, whose last known address was in the 800 block of N. 7th St., has remained in law enforcement custody
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Mills today sentenced Sharnell Washington, 25, of Quincy, Ill., to serve 151 months (12 years 7 months) in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine in Quincy in 2020. Washington, whose last known address was in the 800 block of N. 7th St., has remained in law enforcement custody since his arrest in March 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.
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