A Rock Falls man was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to a June weapons charge. Damion J. Richmond, 25, pleaded guilty in Whiteside County Circuit Court to one count of unlawful possession of a weapon as a felon. The weapons charge accused him of knowingly possessing a 40-caliber Rock Island Armory pistol despite a prior felony conviction, a Class 3 felony that carries a 2- to 10-year sentence. Police say Richmond fled on foot from Sterling Police Officer Travis Nease during the incident, leading to the charges of aggravated fleeing or eluding a police officer, a Class 4 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor. The criminal damage to government-supported property charge accused him of damaging a police squad car’s taillight.