East St. Louis man sentenced to 8 years for possession of firearm

An East St. Louis man was sentenced to eight years in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.

Michael Davis, 32, will also have to pay a $100 special assessment and serve three years of supervised release, according to a U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois news release. Davis’ case was tried in the U.S. District Court, so as a federal case, there is no option for parole.

Davis has been in custody since August 2016, after Fairview Heights police arrested him for firing a semiautomatic rifle in the back yard of a residence.

Police arrived after calls of shots fired at a residence in Fairview Heights, then heard a weapon being “racked,” and heard three rapid shots coming from the rear of the residence, according to the news release. They later recovered a video showing Davis firing the rifle that day.

This story was originally published May 16, 2017 at 9:26 PM with the headline "East St. Louis man sentenced to 8 years for possession of firearm."