Chicago Man Sentenced On Drug Charges

A Chicago man learned his fate on Wednesday afternoon as he was sentenced on felony possession with the intent to deliver charges. Charles Richards, 39 was arrested in April of 2019 following a months-long investigation by the Washington County Drug Task Force. A raid of the residences of Richards and Ronald Thomas of Washington found seven ounces of crack cocaine, a brick of stamp bags of heroin and several hundred dollars. Richards was sentenced to 6-12 years on the cocaine possession charge and 2-4 years on the heroin possession charge, all to be served in state prison. Those prison sentences will be served concurrently.  Richards requested that he turn himself in after the Christmas holiday but Judge Valarie Costanzo denied that request. Richards was remanded to sheriff’s deputies and taken to county jail where he will be held until he is transported to state prison.