Montgomery Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms

            MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson announced today that 33-year-old Taboris Ladale Mock, of Montgomery, Alabama, has been sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for illegally possessing firearms as a convicted felon. The sentence was handed down by a federal judge on July 1, 2025, following Mock’s guilty plea to two counts of unlawful firearm possession. There is no parole in the federal system.

            According to his plea agreement and other court records, at approximately 3:25 a.m. on September 28, 2024, deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of gunfire in the parking lot of an establishment on Wetumpka Highway. Witnesses stated that they observed up to six individuals exchanging gunfire following an altercation.

            Surveillance video recovered from the business showed Mock discharging a handgun toward a vehicle in the parking lot before fleeing the scene. Investigators later recovered 24 spent shell casings from the area.

            Deputies also learned that a person inside the vehicle Mock fired upon had been transported to the hospital with a gunshot wound. The victim later succumbed to their injuries.

            Later, on October 23, 2024, agents executed a search warrant at Mock’s residence in Montgomery and recovered a 9mm handgun. Due to previous felony convictions, Mock is prohibited under federal law from possessing firearms or ammunition. Mock pleaded guilty to both firearm possession charges on April 1, 2025.

            This case was brought as a 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, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, and Montgomery Police Department investigated this case, which Assistant United States Attorneys Mark E. Andreu and Michelle R. Turner prosecuted.