Davenport, IA- An East Moline man has been sentenced to federal prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
39-year-old Christopher Hicks of East Moline was sentenced on Wednesday, October 13th to 180 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine.
According to court documents, hicks was identified as a methamphetamine dealer in the quad cities in October of 2019.
Following several controlled buys of methamphetamine, law enforcement executed a search warrant on Hicks’s residence and located methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and evidence suggestive of drug trafficking.
After arresting him, officers searched Hicks’s vehicle and located, among other things, a large, plastic-wrapped candle stuffed with a pound of methamphetamine. In a post-Miranda statement, Hicks admitted conspiring with Luis Hernandez-Barajas and others to distribute methamphetamine.
Hicks pleaded guilty to the offense on October 31, 2020.
