Last Wednesday, 43-year old Thomas H. Schaeffer of Sparta, was sentenced on a one-count indictment charging Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, according to Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter.  Schaeffer, who had previously pled guilty to the methamphetamine offense, was sentenced to nearly 16 years incarceration, 4 years supervised release, and was fined $400.  Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings established that, between January 2014 and February 2015, Schaeffer and others were transporting multi-ounce amounts of ice – methamphetamine from Kansas City to southern Illinois.  Schaeffer was supplying dealer amounts of the ice – methamphetamine to others in Randolph County.  At sentencing, the district judge found that Schaeffer was responsible for the distribution of approximately 2.95 kilograms of ice – methamphetamine.