26-year-old Hipolito Bello of Kankakee was sentenced to a little lesss than 2.5 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm by a convicted felon. Bello was arrested in Kankakee by the Kankakee ATF Task Force and Kankakee police Gang Enforcement Tactical Unit last June.

Bello has a prior felony conviction in 2012 for aggravated discharge of a firearm and a 2010 felony theft. He was indicted by a federal grandy jury last May. The case was the result of ongoing investigations related to gun violence in the Kankakee area.

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