FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

05, 2015

February

EFFINGHAM MAN CHARGED WITH HEROIN DELIVERIES,

HELD WITHOUT BOND
EFFINGHAM, IL Effingham County States Attorney Bryan Kibler filed a three-count
Information Thursday charging Mark C. Barnes, 47, of Effingham with commission of
the following offenses:

Count I Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Heroin) on October 17, 2014;

Count II Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Heroin) on October 31,
2014;
Count III Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Heroin) on December 08,
2014.

The charges against Mr. Barnes are the result of a continuous and ongoing
Effingham Police Department investigation, said Kibler. On Wednesday of this
week, in furtherance of this investigation, city police officers executed a search
warrant at the defendants home and recovered various narcotics-related items.
Mark C. Barnes appeared before the Hon. Judge Kimberly G. Koester in Effingham
County Circuit Court on Thursday afternoon, at which time the Hon. Judge Kimberly
G. Koester deferred the setting of bond (on the new charges) until Friday, February
13th, at 11:00 a.m.
At the time of his apprehension, Barnes was out on bond and under a condition of
electronic home confinement in an unrelated felony narcotics case (No. 2014-CF101) in Effingham County. States Attorney Kibler filed a motion to immediately
revoke bail in that matter, and Judge Koester granted the States motion.
Each new allegation against the defendant is a Class 2 felony charge, punishable
upon conviction by up to 7-years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. If
convicted on any of the newly-filed charges as well as the previously-filed charges,
Barnes faces mandatory consecutive sentencing totaling up to 17-years in prison.

Statements made herein are based upon probable cause. The Defendant is
presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

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