A Jonesboro woman who bought a Glock semi-automatic pistol and 50-round magazine drum for a convicted felon from a Jonesboro pawn shop has been sentenced to six months of home confinement and a year of probation for lying on a federal gun purchase form, the U.S. attorney in Atlanta announced.
After Jalita Jenera Johnson, 26, made what is known as a straw purchase of the gun for her boyfriend, convicted felon Marcus Wheeler, he used the weapon to gun down an Omaha, Nebraska, police officer, U.S. Attorney John Horn said. Wheeler was also killed in the shootout with police, Horn said.
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