Crime & Safety
Man Sentenced To 10 Years After Police Standoff
A year after a standoff with police, a Birmingham man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
BIRMINGHAM, AL - A Birmingham man who was involved in a police standoff last year has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Willie Lee Cooks, 46, was convicted in federal court of possession of a firearm on April 4, 2016 and multiple firearms on Aug. 30, 2016, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Alabama.
A report by Alabama Media Group reveals that Birmingham Police stopped Cooks on April 4, 2016, for driving a vehicle without a license plate and arrested him on an outstanding felony warrant after seeing a pistol on the floorboard. The pistol was loaded with 31 rounds of ammunition in an extended magazine.
After barricading himself in a house, Cooks led a standoff with police that lasted three hours.
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