Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced last week that 38-year old Danielle Edwards of Belleville was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison following her guilty plea on January 21, 2015, to Transfer of a Firearm to a Previously Convicted Felon.  There is no parole in the federal system.  Edwards was also ordered to pay a $100 special assessment.  She was allowed to remain on bond and self-surrender to the Bureau of Prisons.  According to court documents, Edwards purchased a Glock, model 30, .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol, and an extended, 27-round magazine for the firearm, from Ron & Jo’s Firearms and Sporting Supplies in Fairview Heights, which she then transferred to her boyfriend, Donnie D. Russell, a convicted felon, who she knew to be a convicted felon.  Russell was previously convicted in the case and is serving a sentence of nearly 6 years in federal prison.  Evidence at sentencing established that Edwards also assisted Russell in obtaining a Sig Sauer P556 semi-automatic pistol in Tennessee from a man Russell contacted through the internet, and she purchased ammunition for that weapon.  The Sig Sauer P556 was recovered during the course of the investigation.