Peoria Felon Receives 10 Years for Methamphetamine Distribution and Felon-in-Possession

PEORIA, Ill. — Wallace Jordan, 56, was sentenced May 7 to 120 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine and 24 months for possessing a firearm as a felon, U.S. District Judge Jonathan E. Hawley ordered in the Central District of Illinois.

The 120-month term on the drug count runs concurrently with the 24-month firearms count, producing an effective 10-year sentence. Jordan must also serve three years of supervised release following imprisonment, per the Department of Justice release.

Jordan is one of thousands of defendants prosecuted annually in federal court for methamphetamine trafficking and illegal firearm possession by felons. The U.S. Sentencing Commission reports that methamphetamine offenses constitute a substantial share of federal drug cases, with average sentences in the five-to-15-year range depending on quantity and criminal history.

The felon-in-possession count under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) carries a statutory maximum of 10 years; Jordan’s combined penalties reflect both the drug weight involved and his prior felony record.

The sentence shifts Jordan from active participation in local distribution to long-term federal custody beginning immediately upon remand. It activates standard Bureau of Prisons intake, classification, and eventual placement in a medium- or high-security facility.

Upon release in 2036, Jordan will enter supervised release with conditions that typically include drug testing, restrictions on firearm possession, and reporting to a probation officer. Any violation during that period can return him to prison for additional time.

Downstream, the conviction and sentence add one more closed case to the Central District of Illinois docket and to the broader federal effort targeting the regional methamphetamine supply. Federal prosecutors must now allocate resources to the next pending cases while the U.S. Marshals Service and probation office update their supervision lists.

The ruling also reconfirms the statutory stacking of drug-trafficking and firearms penalties that Congress set in the Controlled Substances Act and the Gun Control Act.

This sentencing follows a pattern of multi-year terms handed down in the Central District for comparable methamphetamine-and-firearm combinations. The Department of Justice has pursued such prosecutions consistently across multiple administrations under 21 U.S.C. § 841 for distribution and 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) for the firearms offense.