COLUMBUS – A Phenix City, Ala., man with an extensive criminal history was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison — the statutory maximum prison sentence allowed under federal law — for illegally possessing two pistols he tossed into the backyard of a home while attempting to escape arrest.
Raymond Richmond, 37, of Phenix City was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Clay Land after Richmond pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. There is no parole in the federal system.
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