A 38-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in federal court after earlier pleading guilty to two weapons charges.
Ian Merideth pleaded guilty to possession of a stolen firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was also fined $500, ordered to pay $200 in special assessment fees, and complete three years of supervised release.
According to court documents, Merideth admitted on July 9th, 2021 to burglarizing a home in Hoffman where he took seven firearms including a Weihrauch .357 revolver. Later that same day, a Wamac Police Officer stopped Merideth and attempted to arrest him for an outstanding arrest warrant. Merideth retrieved the stolen Weihrauch revolver and fired four rounds at the officer.
Merideth still faces an attempted murder charge against the officer in Clinton County Circuit Court.
The case was investigated by the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office, Wamac Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Springfield Field Office.
