KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – An Overland Park man is headed to prison for nearly a decade following an illegal machine gun possession conviction.
Thirty-year-old Verdell D. Mays was sentenced to nine years in prison without parole on Wednesday.
Mays pleaded guilty on Dec. 4, 2025, to being a felon in possession of a machine gun. He admitted in June 2025 to possessing a Glock pistol that had a rear slide plate designed to produce automatic fire…