BOSTON – -(AmmoLand.com)- A Worcester man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Leroy Byron, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 60 months in prison and three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty in November 2019 to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
On Nov. 5, 2018, Byron was arrested for carrying an Intratec TEC9 semi-automatic pistol loaded with 32 rounds of ammunition. Byron is prohibited from possessing a firearm due to prior convictions punishable by more than one year in person.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling; Kelly D. Brady, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Boston Field Division; and Worcester Police Chief Steven M. Sargent made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney John T. Mulcahy of Lelling’s Worcester Branch Office prosecuted the case.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. PSN is part of the Department’s renewed focus on targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and the local community to develop effective, locally-based strategies to reduce violent crime.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
ATF is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for investigating violations of the federal firearms and explosives laws and regulations. More information about ATF and its programs can be found at www.atf.gov.
What has to happen is that if a convicted felon serves their time, and does their parole without incident, then the full measure of their Constitutional rights must be reinstated. This is how you welcome them back into society, and, with open arms. Should they re-offend, then it’s back to prison with you to serve whatever time it was that got you there. Here in America, if there’s one thing we’re not short on, it’s laws. All they need is to be enforced.
WTF is wrong with this country? Possession of a tool gets you locked up for 5 years, but actual rape or murder or child abuse often results in 3 years and they are out, or no time at all because a deal is struck or evidence is tainted.
How about we actually hold people accountable for hurting others, and stop worrying about what tool they used?
Murder is murder, whether a knife or a gun was used. The crime of rape should result in a harsher punishment than the mere possession of a tool.
First, every American citizen who is of age and who is NOT in jail or the loony farm has the GOD given, constitutionally protected right and MANDATE to keep and bear arms. Is the guy a dirt bag? I don’t know. All the article says is he had prior convictions but, then again, that is the a t f e talking so the truth might never be known. The a t f e and their lawyers have made quite a living making second class citizens (subjects) out of constitution and/or Scripture abiding citizens ever since they started. The 2A is… Read more »
Each time a new firearm control measure comes down the pike we are told the same ole stale line, the purpose is to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.
Mr. Byron, like countless others of like mind, again prove those measures are failures.
As the article clearly conveys, only in America is failure by public servants touted as success!
And every single time somebody rounds up 3 or 4 gangbangers on the streets of baltimore nothing happens to them, all of which have priors for which they could have been sentenced to more than 1 year, you know, things like murder, multiple murders, armed robbery, home invasions, rape, assault(s), drug distribution, you know, things like that. Hell, they probably dint even do time for those because well, they’re out on the streets GETTING CAUGHT CARRYING GUNS!! first which there will be no punishment.
I don’t know why Ammoland continues to post the bullshit lies from ATF. If anyone believes anything the ATF prints or says, they are morons and deserve to have their doors kicked in and their guns confiscated by the incompetent thugs of ATF before they wind up shooting themselves or someone else because they’re too stupid operate a firearm safely. When it happens they can count themselves lucky their dog, their kids and they survive.
So, Harold’s writing has become so shitty that ATF press releases are preferred?
Ammoland: When these hit pieces are published here, how’s about demanding BATF include the salient details of the disabling crime? Was he driving 20 over posted limit, a felony in most states, and harmed no one? Had he offed his ex-wife with a shotgun? These details are important to tell us the whole story. WHAT was the “felony” that rendered him prohibited? Was the sentence carried out? Have his full rights been restored afterward? So many actioins these days are labelled “felony” and are actions that harm no one, so WHY are they disabling crimes? IF his full sentence was… Read more »
Government thugs are bragging about armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping, and violation of rights again. #Infringement #AllArmsLawsAreUnconstitutional
Whine and cry about poor little Leroy if you want, but this is the kind of law that needs to be enforced. He knew he was in violation of the law, and in his case, the law was specifically against HIM, but for some reason, he chose to ignore it. The crime he may have committed, while armed, would be used against every law abiding gun owner ! Leroy was not singled out for random punishment. He lost his rights by being a felon. I agree with the sentence and wish it would be applied more to other felons and… Read more »