Coffee County Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm He Used in a Shooting

            Montgomery, Ala. – Today, Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson announced the sentencing of a Coffee County, Alabama man for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On March 18, 2025, a federal judge ordered that 33-year-old Michael Glenn Saizan serve 168 months in prison. Federal inmates are not eligible for parole.

            According to court records, on January 18, 2024, law enforcement responded to reports of a shooting at a Daleville, Alabama residence. Upon arrival, witnesses told officers that Saizan and another man had been arguing. When the argument escalated, Saizan retrieved an AR-style rifle and shot the other man, then fled the scene. The shooting victim was not fatally injured. The next day investigators searched Saizan’s residence in Enterprise, Alabama and found the rifle as well as ammunition. Saizan has previous felony convictions and is prohibited by federal law from possessing a firearm or ammunition. On December 10, 2024, Saizan pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

            This case was prosecuted as 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. The Department of Justice reinvigorated PSN in 2017 as 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.

            The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Daleville Police Department, and the Enterprise Police Department investigated this case, which Assistant United States Attorney Russell T. Duraski prosecuted.