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Federal Judge Sends Yonkers Ex-Con Caught With Gun Back To Prison For 6+ Years Federal Judge Sends Yonkers Ex-Con Caught With Gun Back To Prison For 6+ Years
Federal Judge Sends Yonkers Ex-Con Caught With Gun Back To Prison For 6+ Years A federal judge in New Jersey sent a Yonkers ex-con back to prison for more than six years Tuesday after she convicted him of carrying a gun in Passaic. Because there's no parole in the federal prison system, 29-year-old Francisco Vallejo must serve the entire six years and four months for being a (three-time) convicted felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton convicted him of the weapons charge last July following a four-day bench trial that included surveillance video of him stashing a loaded .25-caliber handgun in a garbage can. Ci…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Video Helps Federal Judge Convict Yonkers Ex-Con Of Stashing Gun In Garbage Video Helps Federal Judge Convict Yonkers Ex-Con Of Stashing Gun In Garbage
Video Helps Federal Judge Convict Yonkers Ex-Con Of Stashing Gun In Garbage A federal judge in Newark convicted a Yonkers ex-con of having a gun in the city of Passaic, thanks to surveillance video that caught him stashing it in a garbage can before police showed up. Francisco Vallejo, 28, had been convicted of three previous felonies and was prohibited from having a firearm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito noted after U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton issued a guilty verdict on Thursday following a four-day bench trial. City police responding to a June 7, 2015 call of shots fired detained Vallejo and then discovered a loaded .25-caliber handgun stashed in a near…

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by Jerry DeMarco