A Joplin, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm after he led law enforcement officers on a high-speed pursuit on his motorcycle across state lines from Kansas to Newton County, Mo.
Douglas Eugene Alexius, 48, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark Thursday, October 26, to six years and six months in federal prison without parole.
On April 13,…