A Jefferson County woman was sentenced on September 3, 2014, to federal prison on methamphetamine charges, according to Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.   52-year old Julia Ann Snow of Mount Vernon, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, four years’ supervised release following her imprisonment and was fined $500.  Snow had previously been convicted following a two day jury trial on five counts in a federal indictment.  Count 1 charged that from on or about June 2010, until on or about September 19, 2012, in Jefferson County, Snow and others conspired to knowingly and intentionally manufacture more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.  Count 4 charged that on July 5, 2012, she knowingly possessed equipment, chemicals, products, or materials used to manufacture methamphetamine.  Counts 5, 6 and 7 charged that Snow knowingly possessed pseudoephedrine, knowing and having reasonable cause to believe that the pseudoephedrine would be used to manufacture methamphetamine, on three separate dates, which were December 16, 2011, August 25, 2011 and July 29, 2010).  The investigation in this case was conducted by the Joint Narcotics Unit of the Mount Vernon Police Department and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department.