A 25-year-old Newark man was sentenced Friday to state prison on weapon and drug charges, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said.
A Newark man was sentenced on gun and drug charges in Morris County Dec. 11, 2015 (File photo) MORRISTOWN -- A 25-year-old Newark man was sentenced Friday to state prison on weapon and drug charges, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said.
Zakee Odom pleaded guilty Sept. 29 to unlawful possession of a handgun, drug possession and being a person not allowed to have a firearm based on his criminal history, the prosecutor's office said.
Police arrested Odom in Parsippany March 24, 2014 after a vehicle stop, according to the prosecutor's office. He was caught with a handgun and oxycodone painkillers.
Superior Court Judge Catherine Enright sentenced Odom to seven years in state prison on the charge of certain persons not to possess weapons, seven years for unlawful possession of a weapon and five years for possession of a controlled dangerous substance. The sentences are set to run concurrently.
Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp thanked Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department, State Police and the Montville police for assisting in the investigation.
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