East St. Louis man sentenced for firearm possession
A 32-year-old East St. Louis man was sentenced to five years in prison this week for federal firearm charges.
According to a release from U.S. Attorney Donald Boyce’s Office, D’Shawn Turner pleaded guilty to being a possessing a firearm as a felon and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
The release said he admitted to that he had two firearms in Centreville on March 19, 2016, during a court hearing in December.
Turner has been in custody since his arrest on June 15, 2016.
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This story was originally published April 7, 2017 at 8:45 PM with the headline "East St. Louis man sentenced for firearm possession."