EAST ST. LOUIS – Following a two-day trial, a jury found a Centralia man guilty of federal charges for distributing cocaine and fentanyl in Marion County according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois Monday.
A federal jury convicted 36-year-old Broderick K. Currie, also known as Broderick K. Wooters, of one count of distribution of a controlled substance: cocaine and one count of distribution of a controlled substance (fentanyl).
The evidence presented at trial proved Broderick sold nearly 12 grams of cocaine and one gram of fentanyl to a confidential source in February 2024 in Marion County.
Currie’s distribution charges are punishable by up to 30 years in prison per count. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Aug. 12.
