Youngstown man gets 3 years on gun charge

YOUNGSTOWN — A 24-year-old East Lucius Avenue man has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to being a felon with a gun.

Jeffrey Brown drew the sentence today from Judge Shirley J. Christian of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

The prosecution, which dropped charges of resisting arrest and improperly handling a gun in a motor vehicle in the plea deal, recommended one year in prison.

Brown’s lawyer, Paul Conn, who urged the judge to adopt the one-year recommendation, said after court that he’ll file a notice of appeal at Brown’s request.

Brown did not address the judge before she sentenced him.

“It’s not just any crime. It’s a dangerous crime,” Judge Christian said of the gun charge. “I believe that the maximum penalty is necessary,” because of Brown’s history of gun-related offenses, she added.

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