By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was sentenced to 30 months in prison after admitting to having a loaded gun during a foot chase with police on Minnie Street last Sunday.
Magistrate Lennox Coleby arraigned Eric Thurston, 29, on possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of ammunition.
The defendant faced an additional charge of deceit of a public officer.
The defendant reportedly attempted to flee on foot after he saw police approaching him on February 9.
Following a brief pursuit, officers found a brown and silver coloured Smith & Wesson pistol and five .38 rounds of ammunition.
Thurston pleaded guilty to the firearm charges and accepted the facts in his case. The deceit charge was withdrawn.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Lincoln McKenzie served as the prosecutor.
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