NEWS RELEASE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
A. COURTNEY COX, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
Nine Executive Drive, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208, Telephone (618) 628-3700
For Immediate Release June 26, 2009
WASHINGTON PARK MAN RECEIVES 5 YEAR SENTENCE IN CRACK COCAINE CASE
A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on June 26, 2009, BRIAN HOLLEY, age 46, of Washington Park, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis to 60 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute 5 Grams or More of Cocaine Base. HOLLEY was also ordered to serve a term of 5 years supervised release, and to pay a $375 fine, and a $100 special assessment.
According to evidence introduced at HOLLEY’S change-of-plea hearing on March 19, 2009, police arrested HOLLEY at a Fairview Heights motel on November 25, 2007, and seized approximately 15 grams of cocaine base from him.
The investigation which resulted in HOLLEY’S conviction was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Fairview Heights Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert L. Garrison.