43-year-old Benjamin Michael Smith of Mt. Vernon, was arrested Thursday by the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department on a Jefferson County warrant for failure to appear/contempt of court on an original charge of unlawful possession of methamphetamine. Smith is currently being held for Jefferson County authorities.
In a separate case the same day, Smith was sentenced in Wayne County Circuit Court for a burglary that occurred on February 2nd. Judge Matt Vaughn sentenced Smith to 7 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections and ordered him to pay court costs.
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