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Felon faces up to 15 years in prison for gun possession
A Nashville man is facing a maximum of 15 years in federal prison after being convicted Thursday by a jury in U.S. District Court for possession of a firearm by a felon. In May 2023, Nashville police stopped John Simmons II, 34, for disregarding a vehicle barricade set up in the evening for the Nashville Blooming Festival, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release Friday. Simmons was on...
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