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Taylorville Man Sentenced to 20-Years for Meth Delivery

A Taylorville man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for meth delivery. 37 year old Donald R. Felton of the 900 block of West Poplar Street in Taylorville was sentenced on February 7th, to 20 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 or more grams of actual methamphetamine.  

 

According to authorities, beginning in May of 2019, law enforcement officers initiated an investigation of Felton for traveling to the St. Louis area to obtain meth for redistribution in the Taylorville area. On June 8th, 2019, officers observed Felton drive his SUV to a rest area near Hamel, Illinois, just north of St. Louis where he met with an individual and then returned to Taylorville. Officers executed a traffic stop near Taylorville searching Felton’s SUV where they seized 398 grams (nearly one pound) of methamphetamine and a digital scale along with $800 in cash. 

 

Chief US District Judge Sara Darrow focused on the impacts of pure meth on communities in Illinois and on Felton’s criminal history which began back in 1996 when Felton was just 11 years old. He was indicted in June of 2019 and was convicted after a two-day jury trail in June of 2022. The statutory penalties for possession with intent to distribute 50 or more grams of actual meth are a minimum of 15 years and up to life in prison with up to a $20,000,000 fine and a minimum of 10 years and up to a life term of supervised release. 

 

The Illinois State Police Central Illinois Enforcement Group, Christian County Sheriff’s Office, Taylorville Police Department, and the Drug Enforcement Administration investigated the case. Assistant US Attorney’s Timothy A. Bass and Sierra Senor-Moore represented the government in the prosecution.

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