March 31, 2010
Contact: Thomas E. Murphy
Number: (314)538-4660
East St. Louis Man Sentenced to Life in Prison
MAR 31  - (EAST ST. LOUIS, IL) - A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on March 30, 2010, 
SCOTT LEE JOHNSON  , age 48, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois. 
JOHNSON  was sentenced to life in prison and ordered to pay a $2,250,000 fine and a special assessment of $300. The Court also ordered 
JOHNSON  to forfeit his interest in real property located in East St. Louis and Washington Park, Illinois, in six firearms, and in a total of $391,400 in U.S. currency. 
JOHNSON  is the former owner of the Best Fish House in East St. Louis.
JOHNSON  was convicted on October 8, 2009, after a five-day jury trial, of Conspiracy to 
Distribute Cocaine; Distribution of Cocaine; and being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The offenses occurred between 2004 and 
JOHNSON'S  arrest on April 4, 2008. The Court determined at sentencing that during the course of the conspiracy 
JOHNSON  distributed at least 1,500 kilograms of cocaine in and around East St. Louis and Washington Park, Illinois.
The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The case was 
prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Donald S. Boyce and Kelly Lake.