Cassandra A. Goldman, Wabash County State's Attorney, reports that Brandon L. Garrett, a 26-year old Mt. Carmel, Illinois man, was sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections by the Honorable Circuit Judge Michael J. Valentine in Wabash County Circuit Court.

State's Attorney Goldman advises that the Defendant was charged March 4, 2019 with Methamphetamine Delivery, a Class 2 Felony. Mr. Garrett was sentenced to 3 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, to be followed by two years of mandatory supervised release (parole). On September 21, 2017, the Defendant was charged with Delivery of Methamphetamine, a Class 2 Felony. Mr. Garrett was placed on Probation for 2 years. After admitting to a violation of his probation on October 21, 2019, Mr. Garrett was sentenced to 3 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, to be followed by two years of mandatory supervised release (parole). On September 28, 2018, the Defendant was charged with Domestic Battery, a Class 4 Felony. Mr. Garrett was sentenced to 3 years in the Department of Corrections, to be followed by 4 years of mandatory supervised release (parole). Sentences shall be ran concurrent.

FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF OFFENSE:

2019-CF-34 Ct. I:

That on the 16th day of August, 2018 in Wabash County, Illinois, the Defendant, BRANDON L. GARRETT, committed the offense of METHAMPHETAMINE DELIVERY, in that said Defendant knowingly and unlawfully delivered less than five (5) grams of a substance containing methamphetamine to a Mt. Carmel Police Department confidential source, in violation of 720 ILCS 646/55(a)(1). A CLASS 2 FELONY

2017-CF-136:

That on the 8th day of July, 2017 in Wabash County, Illinois, the Defendant, BRANDON L. GARRETT, committed the offense of DELIVERY OF METHAMPHETAMINE, in that said Defendant knowingly and unlawfully delivered less than five (5) grams of a substance containing methamphetamine to a Mt. Carmel Police Department confidential source, in violation of 720 ILCS 646/55(a)(1). A CLASS 2 FELONY

2018-CF-95:

That on the 27th day of September, 2018, in Wabash County, Illinois, the Defendant, BRANDON L. GARRETT, committed the offense of DOMESTIC BATTERY, in that said Defendant, without legal justification, knowingly made physical contact of an insulting nature to XXXXXXX, with whom the Defendant has a dating relationship, in that said Defendant struck XXXXXX with his hands; and, at the time of this offense, Defendant had previously been convicted of a violation of 720 ILCS 5/12-3.2 on July 21, 2011 in Wabash County 2011-CM-81, in violation of 720 ILCS 5/12-3.2(a)(2). A CLASS 4 FELONY