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Repeat felon charged after Streator cops seize a pistol · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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Speaker 1: Repeat felon charged after Straighter cops seize a pistol. Written
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Speaker 1: by Tom Collins, This article is being read by an
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Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlett. A Streeter man
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Speaker 1: with multiple trips to prison on his record was charged
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Speaker 1: with carrying a gun Friday. LaSalle County prosecutors are seeking
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Speaker 1: another trip to the Department of Corrections. Alexander T. King,
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Speaker 1: thirty five, appeared Monday in LaSalle County Circuit Court and
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Speaker 1: was presented with one count of unlawful possession of a
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Speaker 1: firearm by a repeat felony offender, a Class X felony
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Speaker 1: carrying six to thirty years with no possibility of probation.
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Speaker 1: King was denied pre trial release at a Monday detention hearing.
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Speaker 1: He was charged at ten thirty pm Friday at Wason
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Speaker 1: and Hickory Streets after Streeter police seized a point four
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Speaker 1: zero caliber semi automatic pistol. Initially, he was charged with
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Speaker 1: unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. However, prosecutors
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Speaker 1: reviewed his criminal history, primarily for felony drug busts, and
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Speaker 1: found him eligible for a non probationable offense. A LaSalle
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Speaker 1: County grand jury will consider King's charge on August twenty fifth,