A federal grand jury has charged a man with illegally possessing a loaded handgun, cocaine, and fentanyl on a Chicago Transit Authority train in downtown Chicago.
Terrell Weathers, 29, of Chicago, was indicted in U.S. District Court in Chicago for one count of illegal possession of a firearm, one count of possession of cocaine and fentanyl with the intent to distribute, and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
The indictment alleges that Weathers illegally possessed the handgun, cocaine, and fentanyl on July 13, 2021. Chicago Police officers boarded a CTA Green Line train at the Adams/Wabash stop and arrested Weathers.
Weathers was previously convicted of a criminal felony and was prohibited by federal law from possessing a firearm.
The charges in the federal indictment carry a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison and a maximum of life. Weathers is set to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel A. Fuentes on October 3, 2022, at 1:00 p.m.
The indictment was announced by John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Ashley T. Johnson, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI; and David Brown, Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department.
The public is reminded that an indictment is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
If convicted, Weathers faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison and a maximum of life. The Court must impose a reasonable sentence under federal statutes and the advisory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
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Key Facts
- State: Illinois
- Category: Violent Crime|Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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