Felon in Possession of a Gun Sentenced in Federal Court

Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Terrance Dees, 34, of Mobile, was sentenced yesterday in federal court on a charge involving his illegal possession of two firearms.  The indictment alleged and Dees admitted that he had three prior convictions for drug felonies when the authorities found him in possession of the guns.  Court documents reflect that Mobile police executed a search warrant at Dees’ residence where they found marijuana, pills and the guns.  Dees pled guilty to the gun charge in December of 2016. 

United States District Court Judge Kristi K. Dubose sentenced Dees to 60 months imprisonment, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release.  Dees will undergo treatment for drug abuse while in prison and as a condition of his supervised release.  No fine was imposed, but the judge ordered that Dees pay the mandatory $100 special assessment. 

The case was investigated by the Mobile Police Department 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.