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Jury convicts motorist of 2.5 pound cocaine seizure in La Salle · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Jury convicts motorist of 2.5-pound cocaine seizure in LaSalle. Written
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  Speaker 1: by Tom Collins. This article is being read by an
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  Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlit. Destin Phillips tried
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  Speaker 1: to persuade a jury that she had no knowledge of
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  Speaker 1: the 2.5 pounds of cocaine in her vehicle. The jury
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  Speaker 1: wouldn't buy it. Now, she faces up to 60 years
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  Speaker 1: in prison. Phillips, 27, of South Holland, also listed in Chicago,
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  Speaker 1: stood for a short jury trial last week in LaSalle
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  Speaker 1: County Circuit Court, and was convicted of unlawful possession of
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  Speaker 1: a controlled substance, cocaine, with intent to deliver. She faces
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  Speaker 1: a minimum of 15 years in prison and must serve
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  Speaker 1: at least 75% of her forthcoming prison time. She will
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  Speaker 1: be sentenced at 1 p.m. Thursday, October 15th, before Chief
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  Speaker 1: Judge H. Chris Ryan Jr. Phillips was charged March 15th. 2024,
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  Speaker 1: after a state trooper stopped her for speeding on Interstate
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  Speaker 1: 80 near LaSalle, the officer screened her for DUI. She
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  Speaker 1: passed and was about to let her go until the
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  Speaker 1: officer saw, in plain view, a near-empty bottle of tequila
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  Speaker 1: in her purse and then an unfinished bottle of champagne
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  Speaker 1: behind the driver's seat. That spurred a search, ostensibly for
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  Speaker 1: more alcohol. That led to the discovery of 1,180 grams, 2.6 pounds,
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  Speaker 1: of purported cocaine located inside the trunk. At trial, Phillips
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  Speaker 1: testified she had no idea the cocaine was there. Her
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  Speaker 1: fate may have been sealed at a pretrial hearing, however,
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  Speaker 1: when the judge upheld the search and seizure.