UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI

CATHERINE L. HANAWAY
United States Attorney

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March 5, 2009
For Immediate Release

JEFFERSON COUNTY MAN SENTENCED ON METHAMPHETAMINE-RELATED CHARGES

St. Louis, MO: Bradley Hodge was sentenced to 240 months in prison on methamphetamine- related charges, United States Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway announced today.

BRADLEY HODGE, House Springs, Missouri, was convicted of one felony count of conspiracy to possess pseudoephedrine, knowing that it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine, one felony count of possession of pseudoephedrine, knowing that it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine, and one felony count of conspiracy to manufacture and to distribute 50 or more grams of methamphetamine on December 17.  He appeared today for sentencing before United States District Judge E. Richard Webber.

Hanaway commended the work performed on the case by the St. Louis County Police Department, the Jefferson Multiple Enforcement Group and Assistant United States Attorney’s Jeannette Graviss and Jennifer Winfield, who prosecuted the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.