News
Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 17, 2009
Contact: Thomas E. Murphy
(314) 538-4660
Metropolis
Illinois Men Indicted
on Crack Cocaine Distribution
Charges
APR
17 -- (BENTON,
IL) - A. Courtney Cox,
United States Attorney
for the Southern District
of Illinois, announced
today that on April
7, 2009, SOLOMON
WYATT, 28,
and MICHAEL
TYSON, 51,
both of Metropolis,
Illinois, were indicted
by a Federal Grand
Jury sitting in Benton,
Illinois, in an indictment
charging TYSON with
two counts of Distribution
of Crack Cocaine, and
WYATT with one count
of Distribution of
Crack Cocaine. The
violations are alleged
to have taken place
in Metropolis, Massac
County, Illinois.
An
indictment is a formal
charge against a
defendant. Under
the law, each defendant
is presumed to be
innocent of a charge
until proven guilty
beyond a reasonable
doubt to the satisfaction
of a jury.
If
convicted, each defendant
faces a potential sentence
of 20 years imprisonment,
a 1 million dollar fine
and up to 3 years of
supervised release on
each count.
This
case was investigated
by the Illinois State
Police, the Southern
Illinois Drug Task Force
and the Drug Enforcement
Administration. The case
is assigned to Assistant
United States Attorney
Michael C. Carr for prosecution.
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