Staten Island man, 46, acquitted of murder decades ago faces prison after gun arrest

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— A Port Richmond man acquitted of murder more than two decades ago has since spent a majority of his adult life behind bars — but for other crimes.

And now, 46-year-old Allah Sears, of Heberton Avenue, is headed back to prison.

Sears was arrested Feb. 27 after police found him with a loaded firearm near a neighborhood park, the latest in a string of arrests over the years.

In October, Sears pleaded guilty in state Supreme Court, St. George to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the arrest in February…

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