PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- For having a handgun with a "switch" that made it fully automatic, a Peoria man was sentenced Wednesday to 6 1/2 years in prison.

D'Berry M. Coleman, 19, pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a weapon. It's the class X version, which is not probationable and carries a punishment range of six to 30 years behind bars.

The 78-month sentence imposed by Peoria County Circuit Judge Steve Kouri was near the bottom of the sentencing range.

Coleman was only 17, a minor under Illinois law, prosecutors allege, when he had a loaded handgun with an extended magazine. The handgun had a switch making it a full-auto machine gun, prosecutors allege.

Officers were called to the intersection of West Starr Street and South Westmoreland Avenue at about 10:10 a.m. on April 9, 2024, on a r

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