Wilmington gang member sentenced

A Wilmington man will spend the next eight years in federal prison. Hakim Rasheed Hanifah pleaded guilty last summer to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. The charge stemmed from a January 2008 investigation of several shootings in Wilmington involving gang members.

Investigators say Hanifah is a member of a violent street gang. He is also accused of punching a prison guard on Christmas Eve because he wasn’t happy with the amount of food he was served.