Chicago Man Receives 78-Month Prison Term for Illegal Firearm Possession in Burglary Attempt

CHICAGO — Narveal Raggs received a 78-month prison sentence on May 13, 2026, for illegally possessing a loaded firearm while attempting to burglarize a business, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

Raggs, previously convicted of a felony, possessed a Taurus Millennium PT-111 Pro semiautomatic handgun loaded with eight rounds of .40-caliber ammunition. Video surveillance from the targeted store on Chicago's West Side captured Raggs holding the firearm during the incident on October 23, 2023. Agents recovered the loaded gun from the scene after Raggs fled and discarded it.

The sentence applies to one count of felon in possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Federal law prohibits individuals with prior felony convictions from possessing any firearm or ammunition that has traveled in interstate commerce. Raggs' prior criminal record triggered the statutory prohibition and subsequent federal charges filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

The 78-month term exceeds the six-and-a-half-year mark and will be followed by three years of supervised release. Prior to sentencing, Raggs had been detained since his arrest. The Bureau of Prisons will designate the facility where he serves the term, which begins immediately upon designation.

Downstream, the conviction activates federal prohibitions that bar Raggs from all firearm possession for life absent rare expungement or pardon. The sentence also requires him to pay any applicable special assessments and submit to DNA sampling under federal justice protocols.

Local Chicago police and federal agents must now update records in the National Crime Information Center, which affects future background checks for employment, housing, or licensing that query criminal histories.

This marks a routine application of Project Safe Neighborhoods enforcement in the Northern District of Illinois, which coordinates federal, state, and local authorities to target armed career criminals in high-crime areas of Chicago. The Department of Justice has pursued similar felon-in-possession cases in the district throughout 2025 and 2026, each carrying potential sentences of up to 10 years under the statute.

The original charges stemmed directly from the surveillance video and physical recovery of the Taurus handgun. No co-defendants faced charges in the case.