Press Release
Felon In Possession Of A Firearm Sentenced In Federal Court
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Alabama
United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Derek L. Winston, 39, of Irvington, was sentenced this morning in federal court to a year and a day for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Winston pled guilty to the charge in November of 2016.
United States District Court Judge William H. Steele imposed a sentence of a year and a day. He also ordered that Winston will commence a three-year term of supervised release when he is discharged from incarceration. No fine was imposed.
The case was investigated by the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It was prosecuted in the United States Attorney’s Office by Assistant United States Attorney Gloria Bedwell.
Updated February 23, 2017
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