Ten-Time Convicted Felon Sentenced to 33 Months for Possessing Stolen Firearms

MOBILE, Ala. — A ten-time convicted felon was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for illegally possessing stolen firearms, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on June 3, 2026.

The defendant, a resident of Mobile, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of stolen firearms by a convicted felon. The offense carries a statutory maximum of 10 years. Per the DOJ release, the court imposed the 33-month term after considering the defendant's extensive criminal history that includes ten prior felony convictions.

The sentence directly affects the defendant by requiring him to serve 33 months in Bureau of Prisons custody followed by supervised release. Federal law prohibits anyone convicted of a felony from possessing any firearm or ammunition for the remainder of their lifetime; this judgment enforces that prohibition and adds three years of post-release supervision during which any new firearm contact would constitute a new federal felony.

The operational change is immediate. The defendant must surrender to federal authorities on the date designated by the Bureau of Prisons, which typically occurs within 30 to 60 days of sentencing. The conviction also activates standard federal firearms disabilities that prevent the defendant from passing any background check under the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and bars him from any restoration of rights absent a presidential pardon.

Downstream, the sentence adds one more data point to the Justice Department's ongoing enforcement of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal felon-in-possession statute. Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Alabama must now allocate resources to monitor the defendant's compliance during supervised release.

The case also supplies another precedent that federal sentencing guidelines treat prior felony convictions as a substantial aggravating factor when stolen firearms are involved. Courts in the Eleventh Circuit will cite the 33-month term when calibrating future sentences for similarly situated repeat offenders.

This sentencing continues a pattern of prosecutions in the Southern District of Alabama targeting armed career criminals. The Department of Justice has used the same statute to secure multi-year sentences against defendants with multiple prior felonies in at least four publicly reported cases from the district in the past 24 months.

The original charge in this matter stemmed from an investigation that recovered firearms confirmed stolen in separate property crimes.