Cassandra A. Goldman, Wabash County State's Attorney, reports that Donald E. Wilhite, a 57-year old Fairfield, 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 June 7, 2017, with Possession of Methamphetamine, a Class 3 Felony. On March 13, 2018, Mr. Wilhite was placed on Probation-TASC for 24 months. After admitting to a violation of his probation on July 12, 2019, Mr. Wilhite was sentenced to 6 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, to be followed by one year of mandatory supervised release (parole).
FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF OFFENSE:
That on the 6th day of June, 2017, in Wabash County, Illinois the Defendant,
DONALD E. WILHITE, committed the offense of POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, in that said Defendant knowingly and unlawfully had in his possession less than 5 grams of a substance containing methamphetamine, other than as authorized in the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, in violation of 720 ILCS 646/60(a). A CLASS 3 FELONY