By WMAY Newsroom
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Sangamon County prosecutors have filed formal charges against six street gang members accused in recent firearms incidents around the community and other crimes.
All six are charged with multiple felonies with potential penalties ranging from ten to thirty years in prison. State’s Attorney Dan Wright says all six are being held in the Sangamon County Jail on bonds of anywhere from $200,000 to $300,000.
The six are: 24-year-old Anthony Strange; 18-year-old Mysean Burden; 18-year-old Jahquel Pearsall; 27-year-old Michael Smith; 18-year-old Jerry Broomfield; and 19-year-old Michael Benning. Wright won’t say if all of the suspects are part of the same gang.
All six are in custody of the Sangamon County Jail.
Charged were Anthony Strange, 24; Mysean Burden, 18; Jahquel D. Pearsall, 18; Michael A. Smith, 27; Jerry E. Broomfield, 18 and Michael A. Benning, 19, all of Springfield.
Smith, Broomfield and Benning all face armed violence charges. The Class X felony is punishable by 15 to 30 years behind bars.
All three were arrested together by the Springfield Police Department s Street Crimes Unit when a vehicle they were in attempted to elude officers in the 1200 block of South Dirksen Parkway late Friday evening.
Officers found a loaded Glock 9mm pistol, prescription pills, cannabis and money in the vehicle.