Murphysboro resident sentenced on meth charge

Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, reports that on Friday, Jan. 7, Josiah F. Caton, 30, of Murphysboro, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois.

Caton, who had previously pleaded guilty to a one-count superseding indictment charging him with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, was sentenced to 41 months of imprisonment, three years of supervised release and was fined $200.

The violation took place between April 2008 and September 2009 in Union and Jackson counties.

Five codefendants have previously been sentenced for their roles in the methamphetamine conspiracy.

Codefendant Thomas Glaab is currently a fugitive.

The investigation was conducted by the Union County Sheriff’s Office, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and Murphysboro Police Department, in cooperation with Union County State’s Attorney Tyler Edmonds and Jackson County State’s Attorney Michael Wepsiec.

The investigation was conducted as part of the Project Safe Neighborhoods DRAGUN Team Initiative.

The initiative is a cooperative effort of local, state and federal law enforcement, and state and federal prosecuting authorities, aimed at ridding communities of illegal drugs and guns.

The case is assigned to Assistant United States Attorney Amanda A. Robertson for prosecution.