1 month ago by Scott Hardy
Chaunessi Cano sentenced Monday.
A Quincy woman, who pleaded Guilty to charges based on a March incident where shots were fired on Quincy's northwest side, is going to prison.
Chaunessi Cano was in Adams County Circuit Court Monday, where she was sentenced to six years in prison. She'll also get credit for serving 236 days in jail. Cano pleaded Guilty in September to one count of Attempted Aggravated Discharge of a firearm. The plea was part of a settlement with prosecutors, who in return, dropped counts of Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm and a Felon in possession of a weapon. Cano was indicted on those counts in late March. She and a 17-year old Quincy boy were arrested March 8th after the incident, which police say happened that afternoon at 11th and Lind. A report says that neighbors told police that a crowd had gathered there before the shooting, in which no one was hurt. Police say they found several shell casings at the scene and were able to get a description of the car carrying the shooter.
Cano and the boy were later arrested at her home in the Indian Hills apartment complex, after police served a search warrant.
