A district judge has sentenced a Centralia man to just over ten years in federal prison for possessing three firearms as a convicted felon in three separate incidents with police.
The U.S. attorney reports according to court documents, 33-year-old Lamar Bennett was convicted as a felon in possession of a firearm in Marion County Circuit Court in 2020, barring him from legally possessing firearms.
But, after that, Bennett was the driver of a vehicle in a single-car crash in Washington County in April 2023. Following the accident, Bennett placed a Smith and Wesson 9-mm pistol behind a concrete barrier on the side of the highway. Law enforcement recovered the firearm.
In October 2023, emergency personnel and law enforcement responded to Bennett’s residence in Jefferson County. Officers observed a Glock 43X pistol in his sweatshirt and recovered the firearm.
Then in November 2023, law enforcement tried to conduct a traffic stop on Bennett’s vehicle in Marion County, but he fled. Ultimately, Bennett was apprehended and law enforcement recovered one Ruger SR9C pistol from him.
