Courtrooms busy with 4 sentences this week

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 Lawrence County State’s Attorney Michael Strange announced that four people were sentenced in Lawrence County Circuit Court this week.  19 year-old Logan Lopez of Villa Grove was sentenced to three years apiece on two counts of burglary to be served concurrently in the Illinois Department of Corrections.  36 year-old Tisha Jones of Lawrenceville was sentenced to 30 months on a charge of unlawful possession of methamphetamine.  34 year-old Tangela Winemiller of Oaktown was re-sentenced to 18 months on a charge of theft after violating her probation. 20 year-old Jeffery Metz Jr. of Lawrenceville was re-sentenced to 18 months on a charge of possession of cannabis after violating his probation.