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A Kershaw County man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for illegal possession of a firearm, according to a news release from the Department of Justice Friday morning.
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40-year-old Davon Mickle was found in his car with an AR-style rifle following a shooting at a nearby nightclub in Camden in 2023. The gun was determined not be the one involved in the shooting, but Mickle had residue on his fingers that indicated to law enforcement that he had fired a firearm recently.
Mickle is prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition based upon four previous convictions for cocaine distribution and possession.
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United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr. sentenced Mickle to 15 years of imprisonment, to be followed by a three-year term of court-ordered supervision. There is no parole in the federal system.
The investigation was a joint effort between the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office and the Camden Police Department.
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