A Boston man has been sentenced to nearly seven years behind bars for illegal gun possession in connection with an incident outside a bar.
The Boston Globe reports 26-year-old Marcus Williams was sentenced Thursday to more than six years in prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in August.
Prosecutors and his lawyer each requested the 80-month sentence.
Authorities say the Dorchester man argued with a woman at a bar on Stoughton Street in May 2012. Witnesses reported he threatened the woman before reaching for something in the hood of his car.
Police say a search of the vehicle yielded a loaded handgun wrapped in a rag.
Williams has a prior conviction for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
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