ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2015. A Rockford man was sentenced yesterday in federal court on drug-trafficking and firearm charges. JARVIS WASHINGTON, 28, of Rockford, Ill., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to a total of 12 years in federal prison, and ordered to serve 4 years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment. After a 3-day jury trial in U.S. District Court, Washington was convicted on April 1, 2015, of possession of heroin and cocaine base (“crack cocaine”) with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and possession of a firearm and ammunition as a felon.
