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Streator man faces up to 30 years for automatic weapon · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Streeterman faces up to thirty years for automatic weapon 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. Streeterman was
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  Speaker 1: scheduled for trial Monday for converting a gun into an
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  Speaker 1: automatic weapon. William Harris decided not to test his luck
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  Speaker 1: with a jury. Harris, twenty one, made an unscheduled appearance
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  Speaker 1: near the closest business Friday in LaSalle County Circuit Court.
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  Speaker 1: He entered a blind plea to two felonies, led by
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  Speaker 1: unlawful possession of a weapon, a Class EX felony carrying
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  Speaker 1: six to thirty years in prison, and domestic battery, a
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  Speaker 1: Class four felony carrying one to six years. Harris will
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  Speaker 1: be sentenced October first before LaSalle County circ Judge Michelle A. Vascogne.
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  Speaker 1: There is no agreement or cap on how much time
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  Speaker 1: the state will seek. However, Harris is eligible for day
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  Speaker 1: for day good time on both offenses, which he will
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  Speaker 1: serve concurrently. As part of the plea. Prosecutors dismissed account
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  Speaker 1: of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. Harris
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  Speaker 1: was charged May twenty seventh, twenty twenty five, about two
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  Speaker 1: days after street Or police seized from the passenger compartment
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  Speaker 1: of a vehicle a blue backpack containing a nine emurn
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  Speaker 1: glock pistol. The gun was fitted with an extended magazine
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  Speaker 1: and a switch that rendered it into a fully automatic weapon.
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  Speaker 1: According to court records, Harris denied the weapon was his,
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  Speaker 1: but inside the backpack were located Harris's wallet and ID
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  Speaker 1: plus pieces of male bearing his name. Harris was later
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  Speaker 1: ordered detained. A judge ruled that Harris, who was on
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  Speaker 1: probation for multiple felonies and allegedly cut off a court
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  Speaker 1: ordered ankle bracelet, presented a risk to public safety