In federal court

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

SENTENCEd

Name: Bart Smith

Age: 28

Residence: Sikeston, Mo.

Charge: Two counts of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.

Sentence: 70 months in prison followed by three-year supervised release.

Summary: In his guilty plea, Smith admitted that in August 2005 he and others agreed to distribute and actually did distribute substances containing cocaine powder and crack cocaine. Smith arranged two drug transactions between another person and an undercover officer in which these two drugs were sold to the officer.