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NEWS RELEASE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Nine Executive Drive, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208, Telephone (618) 628-3700
FORMER EAST ALTON ATTORNEY PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG CHARGES
A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois announced today that on September 10, 2008, LOWELL THOMAS LAKIN, age 68, formerly an attorney practicing in East Alton, entered a guilty plea to three charges in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in East St. Louis. LAKIN pled guilty to Maintaining a Place for the Use and Distribution of Cocaine, Possession With Intent to Distribute Cocaine, and Distribution of Cocaine to a Person Under Age 21. The terms of the plea agreement, which were revealed in Court, calls for LAKIN to be sentenced to 72 months’ imprisonment, fined $20,000.00, placed on supervised release for 6 years upon conclusion of his term of imprisonment, forfeit $325,000.00 (the value of the East Alton residence that was used as a drug house), pay special restitution in the amount of $180,000.00, pay $300.00 in special assessments, and pay an estimated $128,800.00 for the costs of his incarceration and supervised release. The sentencing hearing has been set for October 10, 2008. The Investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Stephen Clark and Kevin Burke. |
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