PARMA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SELLING 'CRACK'

A Parma man could face a 120-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to selling "crack" cocaine, the U.S. attorney's office said.

De Regionald Cain, 41, pleaded guilty to six felony counts of distribution of cocaine base on Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel.

Each of the six counts carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a possible $1 million fine.

Cain told the judge he had sold cocaine to an undercover officer with the Bootheel Drug Task Force on six occasions in New Madrid County.

In other court proceedings, two Sikeston men appeared on charges of illegally possessing firearms.

Shauntay L. Craig, 21, of Sikeston, was sentenced to 25 months in prison. He had purchased a 9 mm semi-automatic rifle at Paul's Jewelry and Pawn in Sikeston.

Since he had previously been convicted of hindering prosecution during a Mississippi County murder investigation in 1995, Craig cannot own a firearm.

Montia L. McCauley, 28, pled guilty to illegal firearm possession. He will be sentenced June 12.

Convicted felons are prohibited from owning firearms under federal law.