NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Williamsburg man was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for possessing a firearm while being a drug user.
Court documents say 25-year-old John Johnson was arrested on Oct. 15, 2014 when Williamsburg Police responded to reports of a shooting.
Johnson was located by responding officers and his firearm was recovered from an alleyway beside a local business when he threw it following the shooting.
Johnson had a backpack containing marijuana which he admitted was his for personal use.
Johnson was sentenced to 8 years in prison on February 5, 2018 for a shooting outside of a restaurant near William & Mary College.
Johnson was given five years for the charge of Malicious Wounding and three years for the Use of a Firearm in felony charge against him.