A plea deal was reached and a two-year sentence in the Illinois Department of Corrections was given to a Galesburg man for firing a handgun into the air during Railroad Days last year.
18-year-old Latrell A. Patterson appeared in Knox County Circuit Court on Thursday where Judge Paul Mangieri who issued the sentencing and credited Patterson with 227 days served.
As part of the deal, Patterson pleaded guilty to one felony charge of Aggravated Unlawful Use of Weapon while all other charges against him were dropped.