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After multiple stints in prison over the past 25 years, now 46-year-old Allah Sears is headed back upstate after pleading guilty last week to a gun charge in state Supreme Court, St. George.(Advance\/SILive.com)<\/p>\nSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y.\u2014 A Port Richmond man acquitted of murder more than two decades ago has since spent a majority of his adult life behind bars \u2014 but for other crimes.<\/p>\n
And now, 46-year-old Allah Sears, of Heberton Avenue, is headed back to prison.<\/p>\n
Sears was arrested Feb. 27 after police found him with a loaded firearm near a neighborhood park, the latest in a string of arrests over the years.<\/p>\n
After multiple stints in prison over the past 25 years, now 46-year-old Allah Sears is headed back upstate after pleading guilty last week to a gun charge in state Supreme Court, St. George.(Advance\/SILive.com)<\/p>\n
In October, Sears pleaded guilty in state Supreme Court, St. George to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the arrest in February. <\/p>\n
In exchange for his plea, he is being sentenced by Justice Mario F. Mattei to four years in prison and five years post release supervision. Mattei adjourned the case to Jan. 22 for a sentencing hearing. <\/p>\n
A struggle with NYPD ensued, police alleged<\/p>\n
On the afternoon of Feb. 27, NYPD officers observed Sears seated in the driver\u2019s seat of a black Mercedes near Heberton Avenue and Bennett Street, in the vicinity of a small park, according to prosecutors. <\/p>\n
\u201c(Sears) was alerted to law enforcement\u2019s presence, quickly exited the vehicle and attempted to flee,\u201d said District Attorney Michael E. McMahon in a statement Friday. <\/p>\n
An officer who gave chase apprehended the suspect and frisked his pockets, feeling what appeared to be a firearm, according to prosecutors. <\/p>\n
The defendant struggled with officers before they pulled a loaded .380 Ruger Semi-Automatic handgun from his pocket, police alleged. <\/p>\n
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In February, police arrested a man with near Heberton Avenue and Street in Port Richmond on a gun charge. The defendant, who had prior convictions, was seated in a Black Mercedes and attempted to flee, prosecutors alleged in court.(Google Maps)<\/p>\n
Court records, meanwhile, show Sears had been arrested twice in December 2024, just weeks before the car stop. Those cases, which include charges of drug possession and petit larceny, remained ongoing as of Monday. <\/p>\n
In his statement Friday, the borough\u2019s top prosecutors said illegal firearms \u201chave no place in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who choose to carry, brandish, or utilize these deadly weapons will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,\u201d said McMahon. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe commend our partners in the NYPD for their expert police work and continued commitment to removing dangerous defendants and weapons from our community, and thank Assistant District Attorney Alva Prenga for securing a multi-year prison sentence for this repeat offender.\u201d<\/p>\n
Acquitted of murder, then busted in wiretap probe<\/p>\n