In a significant blow to the illicit methamphetamine trade, 39-year-old Christopher Lee Mixon of Galesburg, Illinois, was sentenced to 156 months in the Bureau of Prisons, followed by four years of supervised release, for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
The sentencing hearing took place on December 21, 2022, before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Sara L. Darrow. Based on prior convictions, Mixon qualified as a career offender for distributing cocaine and attempted aggravated discharge of a firearm.
The government presented evidence that in April 2021, Mixon sold 41.7 grams of methamphetamine that tested 99% pure, and in May 2021, he sold 49.95 grams of methamphetamine that tested 90% pure. Law enforcement executed a search warrant on Mixon’s residence in May 2021 and located approximately 52.1 grams of methamphetamine that tested between 99% and 100% pure.
Mixon admitted to selling methamphetamine weekly starting in December 2020. Evidence in the presentence report provided to the court stated that Mixon was in possession of a firearm while selling methamphetamine.
Mixon was indicted in June 2021 and pleaded guilty in August 2022. He has been in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since his arrest in June 2021.
The statutory penalties for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine are not less than five years and not more than forty years imprisonment, not more than $5,000,000 fine, and a minimum four years to a maximum life term of supervised release.
The investigation was led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Western Illinois Transnational Organized Crime Task Force in conjunction with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, Galesburg Police Department, and Macomb Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Joel C. Brakken represented the government in the prosecution.
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Key Facts
- State: Illinois
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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