Man sentenced to over 27 years in prison on weapon, drug charges

QUINCY — Dartalyon Carson, 45, was sentenced Friday to 27½ years in prison for armed violence and possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, the Adams County State’s Attorney’s Office announced. Judge Tad Brenner also sentenced Carson to 14 years for possession of a weapon by a felon and seven years for unlawful use of a weapon. The release does not say whether the sentences will run at the same time or one after another, so the total time Carson will serve is not clear. An Adams County jury found Carson guilty Sept. 16 after a 2½-day trial. Prosecutors said evidence showed that Adams County sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle, and a K-9 conducting a sniff of the vehicle’s exterior alerted. Based on that alert, deputies searched the vehicle and found a bag in the trunk containing a fully automatic firearm resembling a MAC-10-style gun. The firearm had no markings or serial number and was loaded with 16 rounds of .40-caliber ammunition.

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