Freeport man sentenced for felony firearm charge
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Published: Sep. 23, 2022 at 10:28 AM CDT
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - A Freeport man gets more than two and a half years in prison for illegal possession of a firearm.
Jerry Young, 49, pleaded guilty earlier this year to possessing a pistol in September 2021. Young had a previous felony charge banning him from possessing any guns.
A U.S. district judge handed down Young’s sentence on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at the federal courthouse in Rockford.
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