A Clay County man has been sentenced to over seven years in federal prison on gun related charges.
40-year-old Jeremy S. Johnson of Flora received 87 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release after pleading guilty.
The charge stated that from December 2014, to January 12, 2015, in Clay County, Johnson, who having previously been convicted by a court of a felony, did knowingly possess, in and affecting interstate and foreign commerce, (1) a New England Firearms .17 caliber rifle; (2) a Glock .40 caliber pistol; and (3) a Hi-Point .40 caliber pistol.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the Flora Police Department, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, the Southeastern Illinois Drug Task Force, the Richland County Sheriff’s Office, and the Illinois State Police.