Jessica L. Rabich, 25, of Carlin-ville was sentenced May 5 to nine years in federal prison for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and attempted retaliation against a witness.
U.S. District Judge Jeanne E. Scott sentenced Rabich to serve 108 months imprisonment followed by four years supervised release.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris.

Rabich’s co-conspirator, James J. Denby Jr., 46, also of Carlinville, is scheduled for sentencing June 23. He entered a guilty plea Feb. 28 to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine, stealing and transporting stolen anhydrous ammonia, and maintaining a drug manufacturing property.

Rabich pled guilty Aug. 20, 2007, admitting she conspired with Denby and others to manufacture methamphetamine from February 2006 to November 2006. She also admitted she attempted to pay an individual to injure a potential case witness in December 2006.

The case against Rabich and Denby was investigated by agents with the South Central Illinois Drug Task Force, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Illinois State Police.
Rabich has remained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since her arrest in January 2007.