<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0aYyUb_0wChpqdL00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0aYyUb_0wChpqdL00" width="1500" height="844" >LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A Saline County man has been sentenced more than 15 years in prison for illegally possessing firearms, the Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced Friday afternoon.43-year-old Jason Davis was charged for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a sawed-off shotgun.His sentence was handed down on Wednesday, October 16 by Chief United States District Judge Kristine Baker.In addition to 188 months of imprisonment, Davis was also sentenced to five years supervised release.Davis will begin serving his federal sentence after he finishes his current six-year state sentence for domestic battery, which began in 2023.Court officials say Davis's criminal history factored into his sentencing.Davis was indicted on June 6, 2023, for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a sawed-off shotgun. Davis pled guilty to both counts on October 16, 2024.Officials say that on May 3, 2023, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission official received a call reporting four people trespassing on private property in Saline County.Officers contacted Davis, who they identified as one of the four trespassers.While speaking with Davis, officers observed a sawed-off, 20-gauge Harrington and Richardson shotgun in the driver’s seat of his vehicle.Chief Judge Baker determined Davis to be an armed career criminal due to a number of previous violent convictions, includingfour different convictions for second degree battery, two different convictions for first degree domestic battery, and convictions for third degree battery, third degree domestic battery, aggravated assault, and terroristic threatening.</div></body>

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Saline County man sentenced to over 15 years for illegal firearm possession

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A Saline County man has been sentenced more than 15 years in prison for illegally possessing firearms, the Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced Friday afternoon. 43-year-old Jason Davis was charged for being a felon in possession of...