Marion man pleads guilty to drug charges

A Marion man will spend four years behind bars after entering a guilty plea to drug charges.
Josten T. Denwood, 26, of Marion pled guilty on Aug. 6 to one count of forgery, a class 3 felony, stemming from an October 2017 arrest in Marion. He was sentenced to four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections as part of the plea.
Josten was arrested on Oct. 9, 2017, as part of a routine street-level drug investigation, He was located by officers after a brief foot pursuit. During the pursuit, Denwood scattered several items that were in his possession. Of those items, Marion officers located eight counterfeit twenty dollar bills.
Denwood will be under mandatory supervised release for one year following his release.
"With a diversified history of criminal activity, we are thankful to have the defendant off the streets," said Williamson County State's Attorney Brandon Zanotti. "He has been the root of several crimes around the Marion area and I want to commend the Marion Police Department for their thorough investigation leading to this plea."
The investigation was handled by the Marion Police Department. Assistant State's Attorney Becky Ray led the prosecution of this case.