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    Mark Booker was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison without parole for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Booker, a multi-convicted felon, was arrested by Rockford police in 2006 possessing a loaded stolen handgun. He was first charged at the state level but then transferred to federal court under Project Safe Neighborhoods, which aims to prosecute gun crimes in the jurisdiction that provides the harshest penalties. The case was investigated by the ATF and Rockford police and prosecuted by Assistant US Attorney Michael Iasparro.

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    Mark Booker was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison without parole for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Booker, a multi-convicted felon, was arrested by Rockford police in 2006 possessing a loaded stolen handgun. He was first charged at the state level but then transferred to federal court under Project Safe Neighborhoods, which aims to prosecute gun crimes in the jurisdiction that provides the harshest penalties. The case was investigated by the ATF and Rockford police and prosecuted by Assistant US Attorney Michael Iasparro.

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    Mark Booker was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison without parole for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Booker, a multi-convicted felon, was arrested by Rockford police in 2006 possessing a loaded stolen handgun. He was first charged at the state level but then transferred to federal court under Project Safe Neighborhoods, which aims to prosecute gun crimes in the jurisdiction that provides the harshest penalties. The case was investigated by the ATF and Rockford police and prosecuted by Assistant US Attorney Michael Iasparro.

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    United States Department of Justice

    United States Attorney


    Northern District of Illinois
    Patrick J. Fitzgerald Federal Building
    United States Attorney 219 South Dearborn Street, Fifth Floor
    Chicago, Illinois 60604
    (312) 353-5300

    CONTACT NUMBER: 815-987-4444 August 24, 2007

    ROCKFORD MAN SENTENCED TO 8 ½ YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSING A


    FIREARM AS A CONVICTED FELON

    ROCKFORD -- PATRICK J. FITZGERALD, United States Attorney for the Northern


    District of Illinois; ANDREW L. TRAVER, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol,
    Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; PHILLIP J. NICOLOSI, Winnebago County State’s
    Attorney; and CHET EPPERSON, Chief of the Rockford Police Department, today made the
    following announcement:

    Today, United States District Judge Philip G. Reinhard sentenced MARK A. BOOKER,
    32, of Rockford, Illinois, to 8 ½ years in federal prison, without parole, for possessing a firearm
    as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Booker to serve three years of supervised release
    following his release from prison. Booker pled guilty on April 26, 2007.

    Booker, a multi-convicted felon, was arrested by Rockford Police officers on July 27,
    2006 in the 800 block of Furman Street in Rockford. Booker had in his possession at the time a
    loaded Harrington & Richardson .22 caliber revolver, which was later determined to have been
    stolen. Booker has been in custody since his arrest.

    First charged by the Winnebago County States Attorney’s Office under state law, Booker
    was transferred to federal court where he was charged under tough federal firearms laws as part
    of the Project Safe Neighborhoods program. Project Safe Neighborhoods is an intensive,
    cooperative effort between local, state, and federal law enforcement to attack gun crimes. The
    cornerstone of the program is that every defendant charged in state court for an offense involving
    a gun will be reviewed for possible federal prosecution in order to obtain the harshest penalties
    for the worst offenders. Additional information about Project Safe Neighborhoods may be found
    at www.psn.gov.

    The case was investigated by Special Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
    Firearms, and Explosives and the Rockford Police Department. The case was prosecuted in
    federal court by Assistant United States Attorney Michael F. Iasparro.

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