Drug sale nets man 15-year sentence

URBANA – A Rantoul man who admitted selling cocaine from his home last summer was sentenced Wednesday in Champaign County Circuit Court to 15 years in prison.

Because of his prior record, Lowell Helm, 22, who listed an address in the 400 block of South Steffler Street, could have been sentenced to as much as 30 years.

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