JEFFERSON COUNTY, IL — A court hearing scheduled for Thursday in Jefferson County Court has been vacated after the 37-year-old defendant pleaded guilty last week to unlawful disposal of methamphetamine waste and was sentenced to 8-years in prison. Paul McCormick was arrested in August 2020 when the Mt Vernon Police Department/Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department High-Risk Team executed a Jefferson County Search warrant at a residence located at 20300 North Miller Lake Lane.

McCormick was originally charged with Class X felony manufacture of between 100 and 400 grams of methamphetamine, and Class 2 felonies for possession of meth manufacturing material and disposal of meth manufacturing waste. He pleaded guilty last week to the Class 2 disposal charge in exchange for the other charges being dismissed.

He was given credit for 250 days served in the Jefferson County Jail.