ST. LOUIS – A previously convicted felon from St. Louis appeared in federal court on Monday to be sentenced on gun and drug possession charges.
Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said Dawon Hennings, 40, was caught with a 9mm handgun and methamphetamine on April 12, 2022, in St. Louis County.
Officers saw Hennings driving without a front license plate and pulled him over. Hennings was arrested and later indicted. A warrant was put out for his arrest.
On Dec. 26, 2022, county police officers saw Hennings walking on Lookaway Drive in Glasgow Village. and took him into custody. Hennings was found in possession of a .380 caliber pistol, a baggie containing meth, and another baggie containing a mixture of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl.
Hennings pleaded guilty in March 2024 to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
A U.S. District Court judge sentenced Hennings to 100 months in federal prison.