Westmont man gets probation in gun case

A Westmont man accused of possessing a gun illegally modified to fire automatically has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.

Canutie Collins, 21, of the zero to 100 block of West Oakley Drive North, pleaded guilty Aug. 23 to aggravated unlawful use of a weapon ‒ no firearm owners identification.

Collins was sentenced to two years of probation and 180 days in jail. He had to serve half the jail sentence but was released after getting credit for 134 days he spent in jail awaiting trial.

Collins was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, armed violence and unlawful possession of a stolen motor vehicle. Those charges were dropped as part of the plea agreement.

According to Westmont police, officers saw a car April 11 that they believed had been stolen earlier that day in Rockford. Police said they followed it to Oakley Drive North and saw someone remove the rear license plate.

When officers arrested Collins, they said they saw a barrel of a handgun sticking out of a backpack he was wearing. The Glock 19 9mm handgun had a bullet in the chamber and an extended magazine, authorities said.

A co-defendant, Mathias Henyard, 18, of the 4400 block of West End Avenue in Chicago, was charged with unlawful possession of a stolen motor vehicle. He was given pretrial release because that is a nondetainable offense.

In May, a failure to appear in court arrest warrant was issued for Henyard. Prosecutors allege in a petition to revoke his release that Henyard was arrested in early July in Milwaukee on gun and drug charges and is being held in jail there.

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