Lake Co. pair admit marijuana possession

A Waukegan man and a Wildwood woman both pleaded guilty Monday to possession of the marijuana police found when they raided the woman's house.

Simmie Sims, 35, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and Shanda Lezine, 36, received two years on probation as a result of their guilty pleas to possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver.

Lake County Assistant State's Attorney Brett Henne said agents of the Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group served a search warrant on Lezine's residence in the 33000 block of Indian Lane on Aug. 6.

Police found Lezine sitting in a car in the driveway of the residence with about two ounces of marijuana in two separate bags.

Sims, of the 2500 block of Berkshire Court, was found inside the house along with a little more than six ounces of marijuana.

Police also confiscated a digital scale and $984 in cash during the raid, Henne said.

Henne told Circuit Judge James Booras that Sims had felony convictions for drug possession in 1993, 2001, 2003 and 2005, while Lezine had no prior significant criminal history.