NEWS RELEASE
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF ILLINOIS
A. COURTNEY COX
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
Nine Executive Drive, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208, Telephone (618) 628-3700
For Immediate Release
April 3, 2009
ALTON DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO OVER
TWENTY YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today
that on April 3, 2009, PATRICK D. THOMAS, age 38, of Alton, Illinois, was sentenced in United
States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. THOMAS was sentenced to a term of 262 months in
prison with credit for 16 months already served, ordered to pay a $900 fine, and placed on supervised
release for a period of 8 years after his release from prison.
THOMAS had pled guilty on December 31, 2008, to one count of Possession with Intent to
Distribute over Five Grams of Crack Cocaine. The offense occurred on November 24, 2007, in Alton,
Illinois.
The investigation was conducted by the Alton, Illinois Police Department, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation’s Safe Streets Task Force, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The case was
prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Donald S. Boyce. |
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