Jarimne Freeman, Heroin and Marijuana Trafficking, Illinois 2013

ROCKFORD, IL – A Rockford man was sentenced today in federal court to a total of 124 months in federal prison for committing firearms and drug trafficking offenses.

Jarimne Freeman, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to serve 64 months’ imprisonment for possessing with intent to distribute heroin and marijuana.

In addition, the court sentenced Freeman to serve a consecutive term of 60 months’ imprisonment for possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking crime.

According to the written plea agreement, on October 10, 2013, Freeman agreed to meet with an individual who was cooperating with the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department at a location in Rockford and sell the cooperating individual 10 grams of heroin.

Freeman was arrested by WCSD deputies when Freeman arrived at the agreed upon location. The plea agreement noted that at the time Freeman was arrested by WCSD deputies and Freeman’s vehicle was searched, Freeman possessed approximately 8.9 grams of heroin and approximately 57.2 grams of marijuana in plastic bags in the center console, approximately 267 grams of marijuana in two plastic bags in the back seat, and a loaded FEG 9mm pistol under the driver’s side floor mat of Freeman’s vehicle.

The sentencing was announced by Zachary T. Fardon, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Carl J. Vasilko, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives; and Gary Caruana, Winnebago County Sheriff.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Pedersen.

Freeman will be placed on 3 years of supervised release after serving his sentence in federal prison and was ordered to pay a special assessment of $200.

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