U.S. Court digest 3/6/02

Jackson mother, son sentenced for drugs

A mother and son drug team were sentenced Monday for their role in forming a methamphetamine lab.

Deborah Ing, 40, and Wesley Ing, 22, agreed to guilty pleas in December. She was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison. He was sentenced to eight years in prison.

With her plea, Deborah Ing admitted that she and others hatched a plan to get the ingredients and set up a lab that police found on April 22, 2000. Wesley Ing admitted to owning drug paraphernalia and to his role in the conspiracy.

Co-conspirator Danny Moll's sentencing will be May 6.

Cape man sentenced for meth lab activity

Sean Michael Viox, 34, of Cape Girardeau was sentenced Monday to nearly six years in prison on a felony count of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine.

Viox admitted that on July 27, he and co-defendant Christopher Keller obtained anhydrous ammonia in order to set up a meth lab.

By July 29, the pair had made a batch of the drug. Police searched Viox's home at 3020 Boutin, found the lab and arrested Viox. His sentence is for five years and one month.

Keller, who also pleaded guilty, is scheduled for sentencing March 25.

Cape man gets five years for selling meth

Kingston Wilson, 34, of Cape Girardeau was sentenced to five years in prison Monday for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

Wilson pleaded guilty in November.

Appearing before U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel, Wilson admitted that on June 5, he was arrested by Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force officers. Officers were alerted to Wilson during an investigation of a burglary ring.

A search revealed two plastic bags containing 15.6 grams of a methamphetamine mixture.

Chicago man sentenced for selling drugs locally

Rubin L. Evans, 36, of Chicago, Ill., was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years for distributing crack cocaine in Southeast Missouri.

In December Evans pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams of cocaine base.

In U.S. District Court, Evans admitted that on April 12, 1999, he agreed to help another person distribute cocaine base.

He drove to McDonald's in Charleston, Mo., and sold 113.2 grams of crack cocaine to an undercover officer for $3,700.

With 28 grams to an ounce, crack is usually sold on the street in gram and half-gram packages. Each gram of crack can sell for $100.

-- Southeast Missouri News Service