{"id":19968,"date":"2025-10-30T18:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/19968\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T18:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:17:07","slug":"after-14-years-in-prison-easton-man-is-headed-back-for-at-least-10-more-for-gun-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/19968\/","title":{"rendered":"After 14 years in prison, Easton man is headed back for at least 10 more for gun crime"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Easton man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 \u00bd to 27 years in prison for possessing a gun<\/a> as a felon and pointing it at a woman, according to the Northampton County District Attorney<\/a>\u2018s office.<\/p>\n

Waleak Chandler, 42, previously spent 14 years in prison for conspiracy to commit armed robbery<\/a> in New Jersey. He was released in 2020, court records say.<\/p>\n

Chandler\u2019s attorney, Matt Deschler, had no comment on Chandler\u2019s conviction or his sentencing Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Chandler pointed the gun at a woman March 4, 2023, in a home in the 900 block of Reynolds Street, police said. He\u2019s a felon, so he\u2019s not allowed to own a gun.<\/p>\n

After arresting Chandler, officers found the gun in a garbage bag on the outside back porch of the home. <\/p>\n

Chandler was convicted at trial on July 9 of illegal firearms possession, making terroristic threats and recklessly endangering another person. Northampton County Judge Brian J. Panella sentenced him Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The case was investigated by Easton Police<\/a> Officer Francisco Rivera and Northampton County Detective Dean Wilson. It was prosecuted by First Assistant District Attorney Robert Eyer.<\/p>\n

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