A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to four years in prison for unlawful gun possession. Abdul Porter, 28, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 48 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a felon.
The case began on May 2, 2023, at approximately 9:12 p.m., when uniformed officers with the Philadelphia Police were on routine patrol in the 39th District. They observed a black Hyundai Sonata traveling westbound on the 1900 block of West Cambria Street and ran a database search for the car’s South Carolina license plate.
The Hyundai, occupied by two men, came up as having been stolen in a carjacking in Philadelphia just days prior, on April 28, 2023. The officers made a U-turn and drove in the same direction as the Hyundai, which then pulled over and parked on the north side of Cambria Street.
One of the police officers approached the vehicle and saw a black gun in plain view on the floor in front of the driver’s seat. A subsequent DNA analysis of the firearm by the PPD lab found evidence of Porter’s DNA on the weapon, a Ruger 9mm semiautomatic pistol.
Porter had previously been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year and was not permitted to possess a firearm. He was charged by indictment with possession of a firearm by a felon in June 2024 and pleaded guilty in April of this year.
The case was investigated by the Philadelphia Police and the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Thomas Zaleski.
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Key Facts
- State: Pennsylvania
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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