Deangelo Foster, Possessing a Firearm as a Felon, Illinois 2021

A Decatur man has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Deangelo Foster, 24, of the 1300 block of Condit Street in Decatur, Illinois, was sentenced on an unknown date in 2021.

According to the investigation, Peoria police officers in a fully marked police vehicle saw a Jeep Cherokee doing donuts on MacArthur Highway in front of a gas station in Peoria, Illinois, in February 2021. When officers tried to stop the Jeep, the driver refused, eventually losing control and almost striking a second vehicle before getting stuck on the median. Foster was the lone occupant of the car.

Officers found a loaded handgun in Foster’s coat pocket. It was later discovered that the gun had been stolen from a Leroy, Illinois, gun store, and the Jeep was stolen in Chicago.

At Foster’s sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid stated that none of the penalties imposed for Foster’s previous convictions had been successful in deterring his conduct and that all of the factors show that he is not a good candidate for rehabilitation.

The judge noted that Foster’s conduct involved driving recklessly in a stolen vehicle, fleeing from the police, crashing the vehicle, and fleeing on foot while in possession of a loaded, stolen handgun. The judge further noted that the gun Foster possessed had been stolen from a gun store in 2020 and had been used in a shooting in Peoria that same year.

Deangelo Foster was charged with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison.

Acting United States Attorney Douglas J. Quivey stated, ‘This seven-year sentence demonstrates that people who possess firearms who are legally prohibited from doing so will pay a steep price.’

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and the Peoria Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ronald L. Hanna represented the government in the prosecution.

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