A Kansas City man pleaded guilty in federal court in a firearms case connected to Operation Spring Cleaning.
According to federal court records, 34-year-old Mitchell D. Gibbs pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Willie Epps Jr. to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Court documents stated Joplin police officers responded to a report of gunfire before conducting a traffic stop in the parking lot of a local storage facility. Investigators identified Gibbs as the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle…