Illinois Man Gets 40-Year Sentence for Multiple Firearm Offenses Amid Tightened Bail Laws
LAKE COUNTY, Ill. – A local court has handed down a 40-year prison sentence to 31-year-old Carnell Wesson after he was found guilty in two separate cases involving firearms. The decision, pronounced by a Lake County judge, culminates a series of legal proceedings triggered by multiple arrests over the past two years. In the first of these cases, officers from the Zion Police Department apprehended Wesson in March 2022. At that time, he was a passenger in a vehicle where investigators found two firearms. He faced charges of being an armed habitual criminal and was … Read more