Judge: ‘A gun is an invitation to get into trouble’ in Seattle felon’s case

A 42-year-old Seattle man with a history of felony convictions was sentenced Tuesday to four and a half years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller.

Kenan Dejuan Brown was arrested on Oct. 20, 2023, after the car he was driving left the road, struck a tree, and he was found unconscious with a gun in his jacket pocket.

At his sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Judge James L. Robart noted Brown’s statement that he carried the gun because it made him “feel safe.”…

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