STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Port Richmond man busted with an illegal firearm while riding in a livery car on Staten Island has since been convicted and sentenced in the case, court records show.

Rashad Porter, 21, of Harrison Avenue, pleaded guilty in June to second-degree attempted criminal possession of a firearm in connection with the April 9 incident.

In exchange for his plea, Porter was sentenced in September in state Supreme Court, St. George, to six months in jail and five years probation.

His attorney, a public defender with the Legal Aid Society, declined to comment.

Pulled over in a livery car

Prosecutors said the incident unfolded at approximately 9:15 p.m. near Targee Street and Vanderbilt Avenue in Clifton.

The defendant was riding in a Tesla SUV when members of the NYPD’s C

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