Westville Man Sentenced in U.S. District Court

 A Westville man was sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The case against 46-year-old Vincent Jones was prosecuted as a result of an investigation by the ATF, LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department and Westville Police Department.

A federal judge in South Bend sentenced him to 97 months imprisonment and a year of supervised release.