St. Louis Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Gun Charge

Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Joseph K. Rander, 31, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois to 37 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon to be followed by three years of supervised release.

Evidence presented showed that on December 5, 2016, agents from the St. Clair County Drug Tactical Unit stopped Rander in his vehicle and found him to be in possession of a .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol. He had previously been convicted of three different felony charges.

The investigation was conducted by the St. Clair County Drug Tactical Unit.