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DECATUR — A Niantic methamphetamine dealer who got his supplies mailed from Mexico was sentenced to 12 years in prison Thursday. Levi C. Edgecombe, 33, didn’t cooperate with police or prosecutors but took a plea deal negotiated by his defense attorney, Chris Amero. Edgecombe pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of meth with intent to deliver. Twelve years is the minimum prison sentence for the Class X felony, which carries a maximum penalty of 50 years behind bars. Judge Jeffrey Geisler agreed to dismiss two other charges of meth trafficking. Edgecombe gets a year's cr...

DECATUR — "If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em," isn’t usually a job description for working at the Macon County State’s Attorney’s Office. But that approach is turning out well for Assistant Macon County State’s Attorney Tammara “Tammy” Wagoner, who just got hired by Macon County State’s Attorney Scott Rueter. Rueter, a Republican, defeated Wagoner, his Democratic challenger, 29,742 votes to 18,567 in the November election. In most such races, that would have been it, and both parties would have gone their separate ways. But Rueter made no s...

"If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em," isn’t usually a job description for working at the Macon County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Timothy W. Smith Timothy W. Smith pleaded not guilty April 1 to two charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving a girl under the age of 15 and a charge of domestic battery involving physical contact against the same victim. Bryan C. McGee Bryan C. McGee was sentenced to 18 months in prison for possession of a stolen handgun after accepting a plea deal. A judge dismissed one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.  Justin D. Tate Police say Justin D. Tate picked up a runaway 14-year-old girl and force-fed her methamphetamine before making her perform sex acts and t...