A Janesville man who fired three shots into the air as police chased him the night of July 4th is sentenced in federal court to nearly four years in prison.
39-year-old Antonio D. Sims was sentenced Thursday to 46 months behind bars after he was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm by Judge James Peterson, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
Sims was celebrating Independence Day with his family at his boss’s residence on South Academy Street when police responded to a threat complaint.
Janesville police questioned Sims, who fit the description of a man called “Rocky.” Sims denied he was “Rocky” and fled when an officer tried to detain him.
According to the criminal complaint, two officers were about 10 feet behind Sims when he pulled a .40-caliber handgun from his waistband and fired three shots into the air,
Sims fled to Mesa, Arizona where U.S. marshals arrested him on July 10th.
