CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — After assuming police were trying to pull him over and drawing attention while attempting to flee, a man was sentenced to four years for illegal possession of firearms.
A Chesapeake man was sentenced to over four years in prison for illegally possessing multiple firearms as a felon, a release states.
34-year-old Christopher Lee Alexander was driving on a highway in Chesapeake on the morning of June 6, 2021. After a police officer turned on their lights to respond to a different incident, Alexander began accelerating, thinking the cop was pulling him over, a release states.
After trying to flee, he lost lost control and sideswiped a power pole and stopped in business’ parking lot. Unsurprisingly, the spectacle drew police attention and Alexander was apprehended while trying to flee on foot.
Chesapeake officers found two guns on the driver’s side floorboard, and Alexander admitted to police officers that he fled because he was a felon in possession of guns.