A Binghamton man originally charged with attempted murder for a 2022 shooting that injured another man was sentenced Thursday in Broome County Court to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to a lesser offense.
Carheem Felton, 40, was also sentenced to five years of post-release supervision as part of the plea deal.
Felton was initially charged by Binghamton police with second-degree attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with an Aug. 2, 2023, shooting incident near 511 Chenango St. on Binghamton’s north side.
Officers responding to a report of a shooting in that area found a victim who police said had a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his arm and chest. He was transported to an area hospital for treatment of his injuries.
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Detectives took Felton into custody a short time later after he stopped a car near 150 Moeller St., police said.
Police also conducted a search of the vehicle involved and found a loaded 9mm ‘ghost gun’, a firearm privately assembled from individual parts and without a serial number.
Felton was previously convicted in Broome County of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, along with convictions in Queens for criminal sale of a controlled substance.
In January, Felton pleaded guilty in Broome County Court to a single count of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor, as a second-felony offender.
“The possession of illegal firearms will not be tolerated by the Broome County Prosecutor’s Office,” District Attorney Paul Battisti said in a news release. “Let today’s sentencing send a clear message: illegal possession of firearms will be aggressively prosecuted within the limits of the law.”
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This article originally appeared in the Elmira Star-Gazette: Binghamton man will spend nine years in prison for 2022 shooting
