Heroin
overdose investigation leads to 8 year prison sentence
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[September 17, 2016]
On
September 7, 2016, Associate Judge William Workman accepted a fully
negotiated plea agreement sentencing Stephen Nelson to 8 years in
the Illinois Department of Corrections with a period of 2 years of
mandatory supervised release (formerly known as parole) for the
offense of Aggravated Battery, a class 1 felony, in Logan County
case number 15-CF-122.
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The case arose out of a July 2015 investigation of a heroin overdose. On
July 14, 2015, Lincoln Police responded to a dispatch of a heroin
overdose. Upon arrival, they discovered an individual displaying signs
of a heroin overdose.
Logan County Paramedics responded to the scene as well and provided
medical care and transportation to the Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital. The individual who overdosed survived the incident.
Upon investigation, the other individuals on scene provided information
that Stephen Nelson was the original source of heroin for the overdose.
A search warrant was obtained for Stephen Nelson’s residence which
produced evidence corroborating the statements of those on scene.
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In an unrelated to criminal investigation, Stephen Nelson also
pleaded guilty to Unlawful Delivery of a Controlled Substance, a
class 2 felony, in Logan County case number 15-CF-96. He was
sentenced to 5 years in prison which will run concurrent with the 8
year sentence for Aggravated Battery.
[Jonathan C. Wright
Logan County State’s Attorney] |