Willianson County Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Offenses

On April 26, 2017, Otis R. Elion, 48, of Marion, was sentenced to federal prison for methamphetamine offenses, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today.

Elion, who had previously pled guilty to a three-count indictment charging distribution of methamphetamine, was sentenced to 167 months of imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and was fined $600.00. Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings established that, on October 17 and 18, 2016, Elion sold methamphetamine to a confidential source working for law enforcement. The offenses occurred in Williamson County.

At the time that he committed the offenses, Elion had 17 prior felony drug convictions and was on supervised release for a 2007 federal drug conviction. At the sentencing hearing, the district judge revoked Elion’s term of supervised release on the prior federal case and imposed an additional 33 month sentence, for a total of term of imprisonment of 200 months.

The investigation was conducted by the Southern Illinois Enforcement Group and Drug Enforcement Administration. The Marion Police Department Emergency Response Team, Illinois State Police, and Williamson County States Attorney’s Office assisted in the investigation.