PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria man will spend the minimum amount he could have received in federal prison after pleading guilty to a federal drug charge.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Russell Clemens, 42, was sentenced last week to ten years in prison for his plea last December to Possession of More than 50 Grams of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute.
Clemens was charged in May of last year. Prosecutors say the Drug Enforcement Administration got a search warrant for his car and found nearly 550 grams of meth, more than five-thousand dollars cash, and a drug ledger.
Clemens admitted to investigators he bought meth by the pound to re-sell, and had been doing so since May of 2020.
Clemens could have received anywhere from ten years in prison, to life. He’ll be on parole for five years once he’s released.
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