CARBONDALE, IL. (WJPF) — A Carbondale man has been sentenced to 9 years behind bars.
21-year-old Jermaine Ross pleaded guilty to 1 count of Unlawful Use of Weapons by a Felon and Reckless Discharge of a Firearm.
According to prosecutors, in the early morning hours of May 12, Carbondale Police on foot patrol observed a group of over 50 people leaving a bar at closing time.
As police approached the group, they observed Ross point and fire a handgun four times. Nobody was hurt.
Ross then ditched the gun under a parked vehicle and ran, losing his shoes in the process.
Police followed and soon found Ross laying on his stomach in some tall weeds.
The gun was later recovered.
