Kinmundy Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Firearm by Felon

A Kinmundy man has pleaded guilty to a Federal count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

44-year-old James Conrad Riley pleaded guilty in 2004 to an Ogle County felony charge of retail theft. 

The new charge relates to an incident that occurred in April 2009 when Riley sold four firearms to an individual in Mt. Vernon. The transaction did not come to the attention of Federal prosecutors until late 2013. Riley was charged in March 2014, shortly before his anticipated release from a halfway house, following incarceration on separate federal charges for sale of stolen motor vehicles, for which he was sentenced in 2011.

Riley also has four prior convictions for burglary of a vehicle, aggravated battery, unlawful possession of a motor vehicle, driving while license revoked, and criminal trespass.

Sentencing is set for September 15. The maximum penalties that can be imposed are 10 years in prison, followed by three years supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.