Illegal Firearm Arrest 
(Etowah County, Alabama) A Gadsden man has been arrested in connection to the illegal possession of a firearm, according to Sheriff Todd Entrekin.
“John Jeffery Battles, 46, of Gadsden, is charged with one count of possession of a sawed off shotgun and one count of certain person prohibited, both are felonies,” investigator Adam Chapman said.
Battles was allegedly in possession of a sawed off shotgun and admitted to investigators that he sawed it off himself.
He is being detained in the Etowah County Detention Center on $5,000 bond.
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Address/Location
Etowah County Sheriff's Office
827 Forrest Ave
Gadsden, AL 35901
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