Ramone Shaffers Sentence for Illegal Gun Possession
Federal Judge Sentences Chicago Man, Ramone Shaffers to Eleven Years in Prison for Illegal Gun Possession and Obstruction of Justice
CHICAGO (STL.News) A convicted felon from Chicago has been sentenced to eleven years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded gun and offering to pay witnesses to lie on his behalf.
RAMONE SHAFFERS illegally possessed the handgun and extended magazine on Oct. 16, 2016, in a parked car in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. Shaffers had previously been convicted of a felony and was not legally allowed to possess a firearm.
Three passengers were in the car at the time of Shaffers’s illegal possession. After Shaffers was arrested, he directed individuals to offer payment to the passengers in exchange for giving false testi...