Illinois Man Sentenced to 72 Months in Prison

HAMMOND- DeAndre Johnson, 42 years old, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Gretchen S. Lund after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Adam L. Mildred.

Johnson was sentenced to 72 months in prison followed by 2 years of supervised release.

According to documents in the case, 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 96 months incarceration.

"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.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Lake County Combined Task Force - Indiana High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration's North Central Laboratory. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Toth.