Bessemer man sentenced to more than 10 years for illegally possessing firearms

A Bessemer man has been sentenced to 130 months in prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in two separate cases, U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. announced.

U.S. District Judge Anna M. Manasco sentenced Timothy Shane Postell, 40.

According to court records, Postell had a loaded 9mm pistol when a Leeds police officer responded to a retail store on April 16, 2022. Postell and a woman were arrested for public intoxication. A search also turned up a stolen pair of tennis shoes and narcotics…

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