COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) – A Columbus man was sentenced to seven years and nine months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon.
Lamonte K. Brown, 47, was charged via federal criminal complaint in August 2022 and pleaded guilty in September. He received the 93-month sentence Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Ohio Adult Parole Authority officers conducted a planned arrest of Brown in February, 2022. Parole officers had been investigating Brown after receiving information that he had been sending threatening messages to another individual, including indications that he had a firearm.
Following his arrest, the case was transferred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, according to ATF Agent Samuel Chappell.
Brown violated federal law prohibiting felons from shipping, receiving, transporting or possessing firearms across state lines, with a maximum sentence of 10 years for those who knowingly do so. An expert trained in firearm analysis also determined the gun was imported from Croatia into the U.S. through Illinois to get to Brown, according to court records.