A former Paxton man whose previous conviction was overturned admitted to a drug charge and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

In Macon County court Tuesday, 35 year-old Eddi Ramirez pleaded guilty to a charge of calculated criminal drug conspiracy, a class X felony. He faced between 6 and 30 years behind bars.

Ramirez was originally convicted in federal court of running a drug trafficking network in Central Illinois. But the state appellate court overturned that conviction, leading to Macon County prosecutors filing new charges.

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