CHARLOTTE — A man will spend nearly nine years in prison as he was found with a ghost gun.
According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, in 2023, Phillip Leggett was found carrying what appeared to be a gun in the front pocket of his sweatshirt.
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Officers said when they tried to approach Leggett, he ran off.
When they later caught up to him, they recovered two illegal guns, including a ghost gun with a 17-round magazine.
Leggett was a convicted felon at the time of the incident.
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