CAPE GIRARDEAU – A U.S. District Judge yesterday in Cape Girardeau sentenced a Poplar Bluff man, who tried to sell methamphetamine shortly after his release from prison, to 12 more years in prison.
40 year old Lonnie C. Hamilton pleaded guilty in December to one felony count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
His plea says that on May 16, 2023, a Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force officer was approached by someone who said Hamilton tried to sell him an ounce of meth on the street. The officer found Hamilton, who removed a baggie containing meth from his pocket, admitted that the substance was methamphetamine and further admitted that he had recently been released from prison.
Hamilton was caught with about 48 grams, or roughly 1.7 ounces, of meth.