Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W.
Murphy announced that Moses Okot, 29, of Portland was sentenced today in U.S.
District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 10 years in prison and three years of
supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Okot pled
guilty on March 29, 2017.
Court records revealed that on November 16, 2015, Okot
discharged a Springfield Armory USA Model SA XD-9 subcompact handgun in
Portland’s Old Port district, striking two people standing on the sidewalk.
Okot fled from the scene of the shooting in a vehicle. A Portland Police
officer followed the vehicle to a residence in Portland. Okot was found hiding
on a nearby third-story porch. The firearm used in the shooting was found in
the vehicle. Okot was prohibited from possessing the firearm because of a 2011
conviction for felony murder.
The investigation was conducted by the Portland Police
Department and the Southern Maine Gang Task Force, which is comprised of agents
and officers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Drug Enforcement Administration; U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations; and the
Portland, South Portland, and Lewiston Police Departments.
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