Saint Louis Man Sentenced For Heroin Distribution

James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on Friday, January 29, 2016, Ronald Terry, of Saint Louis, Missouri, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Michael J. Reagan to 57 months in federal prison for three counts of heroin distribution. Following his prison sentence, Terry will be on federal supervised release for 3 years. Terry was also ordered to pay a fine of $300 and a $100 special assessment.

According to court documents, Terry was arrested on July 16, 2015, after law enforcement officials conducted a series of controlled drug purchases from him in the parking lot of the St. Clair Square shopping mall in Fairview Heights, Illinois.

The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Illinois State Police Southern Illinois Drug Task Force. The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorneys Shane Kelbley and Vanessa Lu.