A Metropolis man was recently sentenced in U.S. District Court for his involvement in a methamphetamine offense.

According to U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Donald S. Boyce, 29-year-old Brandon L. Watson, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count superseding indictment charging conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, was sentenced to 151 months in prison, 4 years of supervised release and was fined $200. The offense happened between May and Oct. 26 of last year in Massac and Williamson counties.

Court records show Watson was involved with co-defendant Gary Skinner and others in distributing methamphetamine, in the form of ice. Ice is methamphetamine which has a purity level of at least 80 percent.

Skinner, who was living in St. Louis, was delivering multi-ounce amounts of ice to Watson for distribution in the Metropolis area.

On Oct. 26 of last year, Skinner?s vehicle was stopped on I-57 in Williamson County for a traffic violation. During a vehicle search, officers located over 200 grams of ice, which Skinner was going to deliver to Watson. Later laboratory analysis confirmed that the ice had purity levels between 98 and 100 percent.

At sentencing, the district court determined that Watson was responsible for the distribution of more than 907 grams of ice.

Skinner has pled guilty to his role in the methamphetamine conspiracy and is currently being held without bond pending a sentencing hearing on Aug. 24.