Man pleads guilty to five counts of delivery of a controlled substance
Online Staff Report
Winnebago County State’s Attorney Joe Bruscato announced June 22 that Jeremy Arthurs, 34, pled guilty May 18 in front of Judge Gary Pumilia to five counts of delivery of a controlled substance.
Between April 3, 2010, and June 30, 2010, Arthurs made five separate deliveries of various amounts of cocaine to an undercover officer.
Delivery of a controlled substance is a class X felony with a sentencing range of six to 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, followed by three years of mandatory supervised release.
However, because of the defendant’s prior criminal record, he is subject to an extended term of six to 60 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, followed by three years mandatory supervised release.
Sentencing is scheduled for 10 a.m., July 6, in Courtroom D with Judge Pumilia.
Posted June 22, 2012
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So Jeremy Arthurs dilivered a controlled substance to an undercover officer five times, so what? Did he deliver controlled substances to a minor or an adult that did not understand what he was doing? No, our police figured that it is better to set up a sting than to actually make an arrest because someone is being harmed or defrauded!
What is a class-X Felony?
The Class-X felony is just short of First Degree Murder!
Because the police lied and schemed to get the trust of someone who knows where to get the “stuff”, Mr Arthurs is to face the same penalties as someone who broke down your front door and kidnapped your only child. He gets the same punishment as if he shot up your car with a gun or held that loaded gun into your nostrils until you gav up the car ! It’s the same as him coming into your home and beating you and your wife because he had nothing better to do!
Shooting a COP is a class-x felony! The list is pretty long!
I don’t think the controlled substance violation should be such a Felony.
People sell what people will buy, and the market flows directly where the demand is greatest. Here, the police created the demand. It’s just as bad as a cop pretending she is available for sex, and then has the victim arrested when he finally gives in and pays her price!
I don’t use controlled substances without a prescription, but I know a lot of people who will give you their extra strength pain pills if you are hurting. If you dared to give your friend a couple bucks or bought them a coffee because of their generosity, you too wold be in violation of the controlled substance laws!
Should YOU go to jail for 9 to 30 years with no parole or probation? You and I know many people we can go to before we see our doctor to help us get through a tough day at work. What s the difference in a guy doing it to an undercover cop?
At best, Arthurs should get a slap on the hand and be banned from the city for a few years or more. Maybe habitual problems would deserve a felony charge of this class, but not something so small as a few transactions with a cop!
The problems we need to work on in Rockford, are more to deal with as people hurting or threatening other people, and not what consenting adults want to do that harms no one but themselves.
In this instance, if the cop would not have been looking for the controlled substance, Arthur would not have found it to sell to the officer.
No demand, No supply!