SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A federal judge sentenced a Springfield man connected to a local street gang named “FTO” for illegally possessing firearms, including a firearm involved in multiple shootings.
Ty’lan Spencer, 22, was sentenced to five years in federal prison without parole, followed by three years of supervised release. He pleaded guilty in August 2025.
Court documents state that on May 28, 2021, Spencer was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by law enforcement, where officers found a Hellpup semi-automatic pistol under the backseat…