In federal court 1/24/07

The following information was released by the office of federal prosecutor Catherine Hanaway for defendants appearing in federal court before U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber.

SENTENCEd

Name: Terry L. Golden

Age: 35

Residence: Parma, Mo.

Charge: Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base.

Sentence: 160 months' imprisonment followed by a 10-year period of supervised release.

Summary: Golden admitted to distributing more than 1.5 kilograms of crack cocaine in Southeast Missouri during 2003 through 2005.

PLEADED GUILTY

Name: Calvin DeWayne Lee

Age: 44

Residence: Steele, Mo.

Charge: Unlawful possession of pseudoephedrine

Summary: With his guilty plea, Lee admitted that in April he provided a confidential informant with 36 bottles of pseudoephedrine pills knowing that they were to be used to manufacture methamphetamine. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years' imprisonment and/or a $250,000 fine with the court imposing a supervised release of up to three years.

Name: Colby Lee Jaco

Age: 27

Residence: Poplar Bluff, Mo.

Charge: Unlawful possession of pseudoephedrine.

Summary: In his guilty plea, Jaco admitted that on Sept. 27 a case of pseudoephedrine pills he purchased for $400 through an undercover SEMO Drug Task Force officer was going to be provided to another individual to make methamphetamine and that he had plans to purchase 10,000 pseudoephedrine pills for a total of $4,000. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years' imprisonment and/or a $250,000 fine with the court imposing a supervised release of up to three years.

Name: John B. McLaughlin

Age: 41

Residence: Piedmont, Mo.

Charge: Previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

Summary: On Jan. 9, 2006, McLaughlin led the Missouri State Highway Patrol on a high-speed car chase in St. Francois County, Mo., with speeds exceeding 100 mph after a gas station employee reported to police McLaughlin left without paying for gasoline. He was stopped when he ran over a tire-puncture device placed on the roadway by another officer. McLaughlin admitted he stole the truck, which had a Hi-Point, 9x19 mm rifle belonging to the truck's owner that McLaughlin had improperly loaded with .22-caliber ammunition and had one round jammed in the chamber. He had .22-caliber ammunition and some 9 mm ammunition in the truck. Due to McLaughlin's previous felony conviction, he is prohibited by law from possessing firearms. He faces a maximum punishment of 10 years' imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.