Felon Sent to Prison for Selling Firearms to a Convicted Felon

Felon Sent to Prison for Selling Firearms to a Convicted Felon

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on March 27, 2015. It is reproduced in full below.

Donnie A. Sherrell, 22, of Granite City, Illinois, was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois to 70 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release on two counts of Sale of a Weapon to a Convicted Felon and two counts of Possession of a Weapon by a Felon. Evidence showed that from May until August of 2014, Sherrell sold a total of four weapons to a convicted felon, including a 9mm semiautomatic handgun, a.38 caliber revolver, and two rifles. Sherrell, himself, is a convicted felon.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Laura Reppert.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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