One of 10 men questioned regarding the seizure of an illegal gun has pleaded guilty.
Police arrested Rashawn Taylor, 25, of Sunshine Park, along with three other men after they found a loaded .45 Smith and Wesson pistol hidden in the trunk of the car they were in on April 13.
Officers had set up a road block at the exit of the Paradise Island bridge. They signaled the car to stop and found the gun, loaded with five rounds of ammunition, under the spare tire.
Taylor told police that he’d found the gun on Cabbage Beach and planned to turn it over to his uncle who’s a policeman.
Though Taylor admitted to owning the firearm on the scene, police later arrested six other men in connection with the discovery.
Those six men were murdered in an ambush on Jerome Avenue on April 15, a short time after police released them without pressing charges.
Taylor, Philip Smith, a 16-year-old boy and Teno Adderley appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt on Friday charged with possession of unlicensed firearm and possession of ammunition.
Taylor pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year in prison.
He could spend an extra year in prison, if he doesn’t pay fines totaling $3,600.
As a result of his guilty plea, the charges were dismissed against his codefendants.
