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ST. LOUIS, MO. -- The following is a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office:
St. Louis, MO: The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Christopher Armstrong has been sentenced to 300 months in prison on methamphetamine conspiracy charges.
Armstrong, 24, Memphis, MO, pleaded guilty last December to one felony count of conspiracy to manufacture in excess of 50 grams of methamphetamine, and one count of possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. He appeared today for sentencing before United States District Judge Carol E. Jackson.
Co-defendants previously sentenced:
March 9, 2010
Michelle Brand, 28, Memphis, MO, was sentenced to 48 months in prison on one felony count of conspiracy to manufacture in excess of 50 grams of methamphetamine and one felony count of possession of pseudoephedrine for the manufacture of methamphetamine;
Christopher Johnston, 31, Wyaconda, MO, was sentenced to 60 months in prison on one felony count of conspiracy to manufacture in excess of 50 grams of methamphetamine; and
Shane Krise, 25, Wyaconda, MO, was sentenced to was sentenced to 60 months in prison on one felony count of conspiracy to manufacture in excess of 50 grams of methamphetamine.
Kenneth Thompson, 36, Kirksville, MO, also pleaded guilty in December to one felony count of conspiracy to manufacture in excess of 50 grams of methamphetamine. His sentencing date has not been scheduled.
The offenses occurred beginning in late 2008 through February 2009, in Scotland County and Van Buren County, Iowa.
This case was investigated by the Scotland and Clark County Sheriff’s Departments, the Scotland County Prosecuting Attorney, the Van Buren County, Iowa Sheriff’s Department, the Iowa Department of Public Safety – Division of Criminal Investigation, Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives and the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Assistant United States Attorneys Michael A. Bert, and Ray Meyer are handling the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
