UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI

MICHAEL W. REAP
Acting United States Attorney

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November 4, 2009
For Immediate Release

ST. LOUIS COUNTY PEOPLE SENTENCED ON FEDERAL METHAMPHETAMINE CHARGES

St. Louis, MO: Eight St. Louis County people have been sentenced for their participation in a federal conspiracy to possess pseudoephedrine with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine, occurring between June 2006 and March 2009, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today.

The defendants appeared before the Honorable Jean Hamilton for sentencing:

• April Delaney, St. Louis, MO -- sentenced to 100 months
• David Goodrich, St. Louis, MO -- sentenced to 84 months
• Sherry Willingham, St. Louis, MO -- sentenced to 40 months
• Mary Tanner, St. Louis, MO -- sentenced to 24 months
• Jeremy Coughlin, St. Louis MO -- sentenced to 100 months 
• Dianna Lawson, St. Louis, MO -- sentenced to 37 months
• Bobby Lee Bird, St. Louis, MO -- sentenced to 46 months
• Robert Bledsoe, St. Louis, MO -- sentenced to 100 months                                            

Reap commended the work performed on the case by the St. Louis County Methamphetamine Precursor Drug Task Force and Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Winfield, who handled the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.