Centreville Man Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy, Attempted Robbery, Possession of Heroin, and a Firearm Offense

Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Antwyne Warren, 38, of Centreville, Illinois, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge David R. Herndon to 120 months in federal prison for four felonies he committed in July 2013: (1) conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine; (2) attempted interference with commerce (robbery); (3) using or carrying firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense and a crime of violence; and (4) possession heroin.

According to court documents, in July 2013, Warren agreed with two men to rob a drug stash house containing cocaine. Warren and another codefendant brought two loaded firearms with them to assist in the robbery. ATF agents, who had been investigating Warren and his codefendants’ plans to commit the robbery, arrested the three men in St. Louis. Warren was charged in federal court in East St. Louis, Illinois in July 2013 and later pled guilty.

There is no parole in the federal prison system. In addition to the prison sentence, Judge Herndon also sentenced Warren to serve a total of five years of supervised release and to pay $325 in court fees.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives investigated the case and Assistant United States Attorney Monica A. Stump prosecuted the case.