Not-guilty verdict for man facing weapons charges

YOUNGSTOWN — A jury found a man not guilty late Wednesday of being a felon in possession of a firearm in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Jurors reached their verdicts after deliberating all afternoon in the courtroom of Judge Shirley J. Christian. They found Gabriel Green, 30, of Norwood Avenue, innocent of having a weapon on March 10, 2014, at a North Side home. Green has two previous felony convictions which bar him from having a firearm.

A weapon was found at the home when it was searched by police who were serving a search warrant but Green claimed the gun was not his and he did not know it was there.