CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, July 9 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Wednesday sentenced a methamphetamine dealer to 15 years and eight months in prison. Marcus M. Nelson, 42, of Cairo, Illinois, pleaded guilty in March in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to two counts of distributing methamphetamine. He admitted selling meth on two occasions to a  more