October 20,2014/press release
John C. Johnson DOB 6/17/81), of Paulsboro NJ pleaded guilty today (10/20) to possession of a 38 cal. handgun in Paulsboro on 5/13/12 when he was prohibited from having a gun because of a prior conviction.
With narcotics convictions in 2000 and 2003, \”either one of those, you are aware, make you a certain person not to have weapons?\” Johnson’s lawyer asked him in placing the basis for the guilty plea on the record. Johnson acknowledged his lawyer’s characterization was correct.
\”Even though it is ten years after the convictions, you are still a certain person,\” the lawyer added, to which Johnson also agreed.
In a plea agreement, Senior Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Paul Colangelo will recommend that Johnson be sentenced to five years in New Jersey state prison with no possibility of parole for the entire five years. Sentencing was scheduled 1/16/15. Johnson remains free on $7,500 bail.
Johnson was arrested 5/13/12 after an employee of a Paulsboro fuel terminal heard shots fired at a nearby park on the Delaware River.
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