Mailing meth to Chicago by the pound lands Sacramento man in federal prison for 14 years

A Sacramento man who coordinated more than 200 shipments of high-purity methamphetamine to Chicago, including multiple parcels sent to home addresses in Lakeview and other neighborhoods, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison.

Keith R. McCormick, 54, mailed the packages from a shipping store in California, most containing a pound of methamphetamine that was 90% to 100% pure. Officials said he wore gloves while preparing the shipments, cleaned packages with Clorox wipes, vacuum-sealed the drugs, and double-boxed them in an effort to avoid detection.

Local co-conspirators received the parcels and then arranged for the drugs to be sold on city streets, according to prosecutors…

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