A Beloit man is sentenced to four years in federal prison for possessing a firearm after having been previously convicted of a felony.
The U.S.Attorney's Office in Madison says 25-year-old Ceasar A. Hernandez plead guilty to that charge in September.
Hernandez and others were the subject of a joint federal and state task force investigating drug and gun violence in Beloit. Hernandez is accused of selling cocaine, marijuana, and a firearm to an informant between January and April of this year.
Chief U.S. District Judge William Conley indicated at sentencing Tuesday that Hernandez's previous three-year state prison sentence on a prior drug-related felony did little to deter his criminal behavior and that his gang activity showed a lack of respect for the law.
