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Description: Rockford, Illinois criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally possessing firearms.

Rahime Briggs, age 25, and D'Leon Johnson, age 25, of Rockford, pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges of illegal firearm possession. As previously convicted felons, they were prohibited by federal law from possessing firearms.

Briggs admitted in a plea agreement that he illegally possessed a handgun and rifle on Feb. 1, 2021, in Rockford. Johnson admitted in a plea agreement that he illegally possessed two handguns and a drum-style magazine loaded with ammunition on March 15, 2021, in Rockford.

The sentences were announced by John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Ashley T. Johnson, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI; Kristen de Tineo, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the ATF; and Carla Redd, Chief of the Rockford Police Department. The government was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Ladd.

Holding illegal firearm possessors accountable through federal prosecution is a centerpiece of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) – the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction strategy. In the Northern District of Illinois, U.S. Attorney Lausch and law enforcement partners have deployed the PSN program to attack a broad range of violent crime issues facing the district, particularly firearm offenses.

UNLAWFUL TRANSPORT OF FIREARMS, ETC.

Outcome: Briggs was sentenced to to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a total term of 82 months. The defendant is remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal. Upon release from imprisonment, you shall be on supervised release for a term of 3 years as to count 1. Mandatory Conditions of Supervised Release. Discretionary Conditions of Supervised Release. Special Conditions of Supervised Release. Criminal monetary penalties. Schedule of payments. Preliminary Order of Forfeiture.

09/19/2022 37 EXHIBIT by USA as to Rahime S. Briggs (Ladd, Robert) (Entered: 09/19/2022)
09/19/2022 38 DIGITAL EXHIBIT submitted by USA

For more information, please visit https://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/ExhibitDrop. If you wish to download a digital exhibit, please send your request to the Certified Copy Desk (CCD) inbox at CCD_ILND@ilnd.uscourts.gov. You will be provided with an invoice and charged according to the Fee Schedule. Once your payment has been processed, you will receive a URL via email to download the exhibit. (jk2, ) (Entered: 09/19/2022)
09/19/2022 41 JUDGMENT (Sentencing Order) as to Rahime S. Briggs (1), Count(s) 1, The defendant is hereby committed to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a total term of 82 months. The defendant is remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal. Upon release from imprisonment, you shall be on supervised release for a term of 3 years as to count 1. Mandatory Conditions of Supervised Release. Discretionary Conditions of Supervised Release. Special Conditions of Supervised Release. Criminal monetary penalties. Schedule of payments. Preliminary Order of Forfeiture. Count 2 of the indictment is dismissed. Rahime S. Briggs terminated. Signed by the Honorable Iain D. Johnston on 9/19/2022. Mailed notice (jp, ) (Entered: 09/19/2022)
09/19/2022 42 STATEMENT of Reasons as to Rahime S. Briggs (SEALED). (jp, ) (Entered: 09/19/2022)
09/19/2022 JUDGMENT and Commitment as to Rahime S. Briggs issued to U.S. Marshal via e-mail in PDF format. (jp, ) (Entered: 09/19/2022)

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