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Man Accused Of Killing Police Officer Sentenced On Gun Charges Patch 3 hrs ago © Shutterstock Preston Chyenne Johnson was sentenced to 16 years in prison on multiple gun charges. BIRMINGHAM, AL — A man accused of killing a Kimberly police officer in February of 2020 has been sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison for unrelated gun charges. Preston Chyenne Johnson pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Johnson, who still faces charges in state court for the slaying of Kimberly police officer Nick O'Rear, is prohibited from having a firearm because of prio...

U.S. District Judge Abdul K. Kallon sentenced Preston Chyenne Johnson, 38, 200 months – more than 16 years – for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Johnson on Oct. 31, 2019 – four months before Officer Nick O’Rear was killed – was in possession of an Anderson AM-15 5.6 mm rifle.

Man accused of killing Kimberly officer sentenced to 200 months in separate case Preston Johnson (Source: Cullman County SO) By Morgan Hightower | May 14, 2021 at 2:15 PM CDT - Updated May 14 at 2:18 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A man accused of killing a Kimberly police officer will spend 200 months in federal prison, but the sentence is for another crime. Preston Cheyenne Johnson pleaded guilty to felon in possession of a firearm. He was sentenced to a little more than 16 years in prison. The federal indictment stemmed from an arrest in October 2019. That was about three months befor...

From The Tribune staff reports KIMBERLY — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall will pay tribute to Kimberly Police Department fallen officer Nick O’Rear at a law enforcement ceremony Tuesday afternoon in Kimberly. Marshall will join Kimberly Police Chief Ricky Pridmore in paying tribute to O’Rear, who lost his life in the line of duty on Feb. 5, 2020. The father of three was fatally shot that night during a pursuit on Interstate 65 South.  The attorney general will present a commemoration in recognition of O’Rear’s service and sacrifice to be displayed prominently at the Kimberl...

‘He was a hero’: Slain Kimberly Police Officer Nick O’Rear honored on first anniversary of his death Updated Feb 05, 2021; It was one year ago today that Kimberly Police Officer Nick O’Rear died after he was shot in the line of duty on Interstate 65. Family, friends and coworkers gathered Friday in his memory to mark the solemn anniversary, and to see, for the first time, interstate signs that will be placed in his honor on the stretch of roadway where he was killed. The Officer Nick O’Rear Memorial Highway is on I-65 between mile markers 280 and 281. The signs, which will be place...