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 October 14, 2009
ALTON MAN SENTENCED FOR SELLING CRACK COCAINE
A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on October 14, 2009, WENDELL JOHNSON, a/k/a “Dollar” age 34, of Alton, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. JOHNSON was sentenced to a term of 300 months in prison, ordered to pay a $200 fine, placed on supervised release for a period of 6 years after his release from prison, and order to pay a $200 special assessment.
JOHNSON was convicted on June 11, 2009, of two counts of Distribution of Crack Cocaine following a two-day jury trial. The offenses occurred on February 12 and February 26, 2009 in Alton, Illinois.
The investigation was conducted by the Alton, Illinois Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Donald S. Boyce.