Wichita Man Sentenced On Federal Firearm Charge

TOPEKA, KAN. – A Wichita man who said in a phone call he never goes to a club unarmed was sentenced Monday to four years in prison on a federal firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. After he serves his sentenced he will serve three years on supervised release.

Dontreal D. Banks, 29, Wichita, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm following a felony conviction. In his plea, he admitted that during a monitored phone conservation with an inmate at the Hutchinson Reformatory he said he never goes to a club without his “burner,” slang for a firearm. At the time, Banks was on parole on a felony conviction. Kansas Department of Corrections investigators found a Norinco AK-47 semi-automatic assault rifle in a closet at Banks’ residence. The attached magazine was loaded with ammunition. Because of his prior conviction, Banks was prohibited from possessing a firearm.

Grissom commended the Kansas Department of Corrections, the Wichita Police Department and Assistant U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch for their work on the case.