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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Acting U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti announced yesterday that a former Rochester resident has been sentenced in federal court to up to 10 years of prison and three years of parole on a conviction for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. Thirty-five-year-old James Gilmore received this sentence upon the conviction that he possessed. According to information presented to the court, on June 9th, 2021, police attempted to stop a vehicle Gilmore was driving because he had an active arrest warrant for a parole violation. Gilmore escaped instead of pulling over at that time and threw a firearm from that vehicle that was loaded with an extended magazine that was attached which was capable of holding ammunition totaling thirty rounds. Gilmore continued to flee on foot through an area that was residential after he abandoned the vehicle after he threw the loaded firearm from that vehicle. A gray sweat shirt was recovered by officers that was similar to one that officers observed Gilmore wearing as he fled and officers also recovered a pill bottle, which was determined later to contain various controlled substances, even though Gilmore evaded police at the time of his crimes. The DNA of Gilmore was a potential contributor to the profiles of DNA found on both the firearm that the defendant threw during the chase of the vehicle he was driving in and the sweatshirt which was recovered from the yard in which he ran in was determined by forensic testing. After the firearm that was thrown during the vehicle chase was examined, it was revealed that it was reported as stolen previously. The New Brighton Area Police Department and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were commended by Revetti for the investigation which lead to the prosecution of Gilmore that was successful.