A 30-year-old Tennessee woman will spend the next ten years in federal prison following a series of drug sales to an undercover informant in central Illinois. U.S. District Judge Jonathan E. Hawley delivered the sentence on March 10, 2026, ordering Kristain Harris, of Memphis, to serve 120 months for each of four counts of methamphetamine distribution. The sentences are set to run concurrently, followed by five years of supervised release.
The case against Harris began in June 2024, when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) utilized a confidential informant to arrange several drug buys in Peoria, Illinois. Court records show the ATF surreptitiously recorded every transaction.
Over the course of the investigation, Harris sold a total of 597.7 grams of “ice” methamphetamine to the informant. During one of these exchanges, Harris also sold a 9 mm pistol to the undercover individual…