PEORIA, Ill. — A Pekin man has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for methamphetamine distribution, and five years of supervised release.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said on Thursday that Sean Ward, 49, of Pekin, tried to distribute over 246 grams of meth.
At Ward’s sentencing hearing, government evidence showed he sold ice methamphetamine on three different occasions in the summer of 2021; the largest identified sale was 110.5 grams of pure meth.
Ward was indicted in August 2021 and pleaded guilty in October 2021.
The statutory penalties for distribution of methamphetamine are not less than ten years and up to life imprisonment, not more than a $10 million dollar fine, and a minimum five-year to a maximum life term of supervised release. Ward was eligible for a lower sentence because he was sentenced pursuant to a federal provision.
Ward has been in the custody of U.S. Marshals since his arrest, but was permitted to attend residential substance abuse treatment prior to sentencing.
Pekin Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration investigated the case.
