Feds: Philadelphia DA too easy on man sentenced in shooting

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal prosecutors say the Philadelphia district attorney’s office went too easy on a gunman who pleaded guilty to shooting and nearly killing a store owner.
U.S. Attorney William McSwain announced the federal indictment of Jovuan Patterson on Thursday.
In a plea deal with city prosecutors, Patterson was sentenced to a minimum of three-and-a-half years in prison for shooting the store owner during an attempted robbery. The victim was shot in the groin and had to