BELLEVILLE/EST ST. LOUIS – A Belleville, Illinois, man who pleaded guilty to possessing a machine gun was sentenced in federal court in East St. Louis to eight years in prison, authorities said, a punishment that will be served in addition to any sentence he may receive in a pending Missouri state case.
Dontay Moore Jr., 23, of Belleville, was sentenced by a district judge and will also serve three years of supervised release after his prison term. Moore pleaded guilty in February to one count of unlawful possession of a machine gun.
Federal authorities said the sentence will run consecutively to any sentence imposed in a pending state court case in St. Louis, Missouri, where Moore is facing charges tied to his alleged involvement in a drive-by shooting that resulted in serious injuries to bystanders, along with other firearms offenses…