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On Wednesday, Aug. 16, Rakiy Newsome pleaded guilty to second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun without a permit.
The plea was in exchange for a three-year term in New Jersey State Prison, with a one-year period of parole ineligibility, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
On April 22, 2022, Atlantic City police arrested Newsome on an unrelated incident. During a search of his person incident to that arrest, Newsome stated that he was in possession of a weapon.
Newsome was found to be in possession of a Springfield Model XD-40 handgun. The handgun was discovered to be stolen out of Lexington, South Carolina. The handgun had an illegal 16-round ammunition magazine loaded with illegal hollow point ammunition.
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