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Prosecutors say John Leboy in December of 2020 ran from a routine Warwick traffic stop and dropped a loaded handgun on the street. He was sentenced at the Kent County Courthouse on Feb. 23, 2021. (Mary Serreze | Patch)
A man known to Pawtucket police as a member of the Bucket East gang was sentenced to serve four years in state prison after pleading to a firearms charge stemming from a Warwick traffic stop.
John Laboy, 23, appeared in Kent County Superior Court on Tuesday where he pleaded
nolo contendere to a single charge of possessing a firearm while on probation for a previous crime. Under Rhode Island law, individuals convicted of certain violent crimes are prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms. Superior Court Magistrate John F. McBurney III sentenced Laboy to 10 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions, or ACI, with four years to serve and the balance of the sentence suspended with probation.
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Warwick police officers had stopped the Nissan Altima on Airport Road when Laboy jumped out of the front passenger seat and ran toward the intersection of Airport Road and Granger Court, according to Neronha.
As Laboy crossed Granger Court, officers saw him toss a silver Smith and Wesson SD40 pistol onto the street, Neronha said. Officers caught Laboy in the front yard of a home on Granger Court and also recovered the handgun, which was loaded with a full magazine and a bullet in the chamber, Neronha said.
In the 2017 incident, Laboy was part of a group of Bucket East gang members who had a courthouse confrontation with Bucket West gang members. That confrontation on Jan. 9, 2017, led to the drive-by shooting of Mathew DePina.
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