Source: Office of United States Attorneys
ROCKFORD — A Freeport, Ill. man has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for knowingly and intentionally distributing cocaine.
PARIS WALKER, 39, pleaded guilty earlier this year to one count of distribution of a controlled substance. U.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston imposed the sentence during a hearing on Thursday in federal court in Rockford.
Walker admitted that from 2019 to 2022, he knowingly and intentionally distributed cocaine to a confidential informant for the government. Additionally, Walker possessed cocaine on multiple occasions with the intent to distribute it. The total amount of cocaine involved in the offense of conviction and relevant conduct was at least 30.3 grams.
The sentence was announced by Andrew S. Boutros, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Douglas S. DePodesta, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI. The government was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert S. Ladd.