Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Southern District of Illinois
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
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Deldrick L. Spence, 28, from Cairo, Illinois, was sentenced on January 5, 2015, in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, 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.
Spence was sentenced to 57 months in prison, two years of supervised release, fined $200 and ordered to pay $100 special assessment, following his plea of guilty on Sept. 22, 2014. The charges stem from a traffic stop conducted by the Clair County Sheriff’s Department that occurred on Dec. 21, 2013, in Belleville, Illinois, when Spence, a passenger in the vehicle, admitted to owning a.9mm pistol uncovered during a search of the car, found inside the passenger seat side pocket. Spence also agreed to forfeiture of the firearm.
The investigation was conducted by the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department and prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan S. Drucker.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
