(Kenosha County Sheriff)
KENOSHA, Wis. — A Kenosha man once facing serious drug and firearm charges walked out of court this month with probation and work release instead of a prison term.
Davontae L. Allen, 27, was originally charged in December 2022 after police linked him to a large drug trafficking operation centered at a residence on 11th Avenue. Prosecutors said Allen, already a convicted felon, kept a Glock 43X with an extended magazine and nearly a pound of marijuana in his bedroom. He was also accused of maintaining a drug house and being involved in distribution that spanned multiple vehicles, apartments, and associates.
Allen was charged with three felonies: possession of a firearm by a felon, possession with intent to deliver THC, and maintaining a drug trafficking place. Each charge carried years of possible prison time — the gun charge alone carried up to 10 years behind bars, plus an additional 4 years because of his repeater status.
(File Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
After a drawn-out case, Allen entered a guilty plea in June to the firearm charge. In exchange, prosecutors dropped the two drug-related counts. On August 6, Judge Angelina Gabriele sentenced him, but instead of prison, she withheld sentence and placed him on three years of probation. As a condition, Allen must serve six months in the Kenosha County Jail with work release privileges, starting August 23.
The decision means Allen, a convicted felon caught with a gun and drugs, avoided prison entirely. Instead, he will be allowed to leave jail for employment while serving his sentence. Judge Gabriele ordered him to provide a DNA sample and pay court costs, applying his bail money toward those expenses.
Critics are likely to view the sentence as lenient, given the scale of the drug operation described in the complaint and Allen’s prior felony conviction. Despite a possible maximum of more than a decade in prison, the judge opted for probation and part-time confinement.
Gabriele is an anti-second amendment Democrat and advocates for stricter gun laws, but refuses to enforce existing laws.
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8 Responses
Our court system is a joke
What good are firearm laws if judges and prosecutors ignore them when sentencing and/or plea bargaining? Felon in possession of a gun should be sentenced to the max. They are the ones that re-violate over and over.
They only work against white folks.
“BUT, BUT, BUT, we need MORE gun laws”, scream the liberal idiots. Felon in possession of a firearm, and only gets probation.
More proof that liberals really don’t care about keeping firearms in the hands of criminal thugs. They just want law-abiding citizens to NOT have access to firearms.
They only work against white folks.
More crime and more violence. It’s not just for big cities anymore.
Cartel scumbag…
Gabrielle is such a total disappointment