Cassandra A. Goldman, Wabash County State's Attorney, reports that Shawn Swift, a 38-year old Mt. Carmel, Illinois man, was sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections by the Honorable Circuit Judge Christopher L. Weber in Wabash County Circuit Court.

State's Attorney Goldman advises that the Defendant was charged July 29, 2019 with Obstructing Justice, a Class 4 Felony. On October 29, 2019, Mr. Swift was sentenced to 4 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, to be followed by one year of mandatory supervised release (parole).

On October 15th, Swift was sentenced to 4 years in prison in connection to a forgery charge in which he violated his conditional discharge.

FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF OFFENSE:

That on the 27th day of July, 2019, in Wabash County, Illinois, the Defendant, SHAWN SWIFT, committed the offense of OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE, in that said Defendant, with the intent to obstruct his prosecution, knowingly concealed evidence, in that the Defendant threw a lock box containing a hypodermic needle and cotton ball out his vehicle window, in violation of 720 ILCS 5/31-4(a)(1). A CLASS 4 FELONY