LAWRENCEVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON

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Reports out of neighboring Crawford County indicate that a Lawrence County man has been sentenced to prison during a court appearance this week. The Crawford County States Attorneys Office says that 42 year old Daniel Butler of Lawrenceville was given 1 1/2 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections to be followed by a year of mandatory supervised release. He was charged with Illinois Class 4 Felony Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Crawford County sentence is scheduled to run concurrently with sentences given to Butler here in Lawrence County.