Man gets 22 years in prison for having crack in Urbana

URBANA — A Chicago man convicted of possessing a large amount of crack cocaine for sale in Urbana has been sentenced to 22 years in prison.

Champaign County Judge John Kennedy imposed the sentence on Marcus Posey, 23, earlier this week after hearing evidence about Posey’s misbehavior in the county jail since his arrest in January.

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