DeAndre Johnson, a 42-year-old resident of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced on Mar. 12 to six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, according to an announcement by United States Attorney Adam L. Mildred.
Johnson received a sentence of 72 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release from United States District Court Judge Gretchen S. Lund.
Court documents show that between October 2023 and March 2024, Johnson conspired with his co-defendant Fernando Porras, Jr., and others to distribute controlled substances on six occasions. Porras was previously sentenced to eight years in prison.
“The Defendant has forfeited the next six years of his life for agreeing to peddle this poison in our communities, and it is through the cooperative efforts of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Lake County Combined Task Force – Indiana High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) that the Defendant was caught, prosecuted, and sentenced,” said Mildred.
The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Lake County Combined Task Force – Indiana HIDTA, with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s North Central Laboratory. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Toth.
