Kameron L. Farrington, Crack Cocaine Trafficking, Illinois 2015

In a string of harsh sentences, a Decatur man has become the third local resident in two weeks to be locked away for over a decade for trafficking crack cocaine.

Kameron L. Farrington, 26, was sentenced to 130 months (10 years, 10 months) in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine in January 2012. Upon release, Farrington will have to remain on supervised release for six years.

Farrington entered a guilty plea to the offense on April 24, 2015.

This latest sentence comes on the heels of two similar verdicts. Last week, Chonice L. Burtley, 34, was ordered to serve 14 years in federal prison for possessing approximately an ounce of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute it on July 25, 2014. Burtley also received a six-year supervised release following his release from prison.

Burtley pled guilty to the charge on May 7, 2015.

Two weeks prior to Burtley’s sentencing, Wallace N. Pugh, 38, was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for possessing over 2 ½ ounces of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute it. Pugh was ordered to remain on supervised release for eight years following his release from prison. Pugh pled guilty on April 29, 2015, to possession with intent to distribute on November 21, 2014.

Each of the men was classified as a Career Offender under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and was eligible for enhanced sentences due to their prior convictions for crimes of violence or controlled substance offenses. According to court documents, each of the men has prior drug convictions in Macon County Circuit Court.

The three men have remained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since their respective arrests: Farrington on July 8, 2014; Burtley on November 5, 2014; and Pugh, arrested on December 9, 2014.

The cases are the result of ongoing investigations related to drug and gun violence in the Decatur area by the Decatur Police Department.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Eugene L. Miller represented the government at sentencing for each of the defendants.

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