Lavon C. Lashley, 36, from St. Louis, MO, was sentenced on Jan. 15, 2013, in District Court in East St. Louis, IL, on one count of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Previously Convicted Felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
Lashley was sentenced to 87 months in prison, three years of supervised release, fined $375 and ordered to pay $100 special assessment. Lashley, who previously pled guilty, admitted that a firearm recovered on him during a pat down search stemming from an incident on a Metro Link passenger train leading to his arrest, belonged to him. He forfeited the firearm. Lashley, admitted that he had possessed a gun, knowing that he was a convicted felon and that it was illegal for him to have a gun.
Prior to June 5, 2012, Lashley had been convicted of a crime that was punishable by a term of imprisonment of more than one year.
The investigation was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
This case was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Matthew H. Brooks.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
