Berwyn man previously convicted of kidnapping, murder sentenced to nearly 6 years for possession of firearm

MAYWOOD, Ill. - A man who was previously convicted of a kidnapping and murder in Chicago has been sentenced to nearly six years for illegally possessing a loaded handgun, officials announced Wednesday.     

Darnell Luckett, 51, of Berwyn, pleaded guilty earlier this year to a federal charge of illegal possession of a firearm. 

 Luckett had previously been convicted of multiple state felonies, including the 1993 kidnapping and murder of Darren Payton in Chicago, prosecutors said.

He was prohibited by federal law from possessing a firearm.

According to prosecutors, Luckett illegally possessed the firearm on March 15, 2017 in Maywood.

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Illinois State Police stopped a vehicle Luckett was driving and found a gun under the driver's seat.

Police also found ammunition, heroin, bath salts, marijuana, a digital scale and counterfeit cash during the stop.

Luckett was sentenced to 71 months in federal prison Monday.