County man sentenced to over 11 years in prison

Macoupin County State’s Attorney Jordan J. Garrison has announced that Joseph V. Greear, age 50, of Girard, was sentenced by the Honorable Joshua A. Meyer to 11 years, 6 months, in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the offense of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, a class 1 felony.

At the sentencing hearing, the state played a video which showed the defendant admitting he supplied methamphetamine to other dealers in Macoupin County.

“Methamphetamine is wreaking havoc on not only our county, but all counties throughout our country,” said Judge Meyer. “Th...