On February 12, 2014, 55-year old Michael J. Lasky of DuQuoin, Illinois, was sentenced in federal court on a methamphetamine offense, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois.  Lasky, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, was sentenced to 9 years in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release and fined $200.  The offense occurred between 2012 and June 2013, in Perry, Jackson and Randolph Counties.  Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings established that Lasky was involved with others in the manufacture of methamphetamine.  He would travel with others to obtain pseudoephedrine pills and was also involved in the manufacturing process.  At sentencing, the district court determined that Lasky was responsible for unlawfully possessing more than 123 grams of pseudoephedrine.  Two co-defendants have previously pled guilty and are awaiting sentencing.