On Tuesday, 25-year old Skyler Elder, 42-year old Joseph D. Smith and 34-year old Jamie L. Smith, all of Pinckneyville, were sentenced in United States District Court, according to the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton.  Elder, who had previously pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, was sentenced to 8 and a third years in federal prison, 3 years supervised release and fined $725.  Joseph and Jamie Smith had previously pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and one count of possessing pseudoephedrine knowing that it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine.  Joseph Smith was sentenced to 5 years in prison, 3 years supervised release, and fined $825.  Jamie Smith was sentenced to 4 and a half years in prison, 3 years supervised release and fined $800.   The offenses occurred between 2012 and December 2014, in Perry, Jackson, Randolph and Franklin Counties.  Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings established that Elder and the Smiths were involved with others in the manufacture of methamphetamine.  Elder was a methamphetamine cook.  The Smiths and others provided Elder with pseudoephedrine for the production of methamphetamine.  Joseph Smith also allowed co-defendant Herman Sims, Junior to manufacture methamphetamine at the Smiths’ Pinckneyville residence.  At the sentencing hearing, the district judge found that Elder was responsible for the possession of 206.56 grams of pseudoephedrine and that the Smiths were responsible for the possession of 157.6 grams of pseudoephedrine.  Co-defendants Sims and Jamie Trzinski have previously been sentenced to years and nearly 5 years, respectively, for their roles in the methamphetamine conspiracy.