Kansas City Man Receives 115-Month Sentence for Felon-in-Possession Conviction

Tyron Young, 37, of Kansas City, Missouri, was sentenced to 115 months in federal prison without parole for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri announced the sentence on May 12 2026. Young must serve the full term with no possibility of early release through parole, which federal law eliminated for such offenses decades ago. The Bureau of Prisons will now assign Young to a facility and begin the term immediately upon transfer.

The case involves a single defendant convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year in prison from possessing any firearm or ammunition. Federal sentencing guidelines and statutory minimums for repeat offenders drove the 115-month term, which equates to nine years and seven months.

The sentence shifts Young from pretrial or presentence status into long-term incarceration. Upon release in 2035 or later, depending on good-time credit calculations, Young will face supervised release and permanent federal firearms prohibitions. The ruling also requires the forfeiture of any seized firearms tied to the case.

Downstream, the conviction and sentence add one more data point to the Justice Department’s enforcement of felon-in-possession laws, which in recent years have produced thousands of federal prosecutions annually. Federal courts must now update Young’s criminal record in the National Crime Information Center, affecting future background checks.

The case also consumes prosecutorial and judicial resources in the Western District of Missouri, where similar firearms cases occupy a substantial share of the docket.

This sentencing follows a pattern of routine application of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) in federal districts nationwide. The Department of Justice has used the statute for decades to target individuals with prior felony records who are later found in possession of guns, often in connection with local violent-crime investigations.

The Western District of Missouri has issued comparable multi-year sentences in prior felon-in-possession matters without notable deviation from statutory penalties.