Gun Felon Sentenced in Federal Court

United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that James Browder Horn, II, 37, of Troy, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court this morning for being a felon in possession of a firearm and using and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking felony. United States District Court Judge William H. Steele imposed a total sentence of 90 months imprisonment, consisting of 30 months on the felon in possession charge followed by 60 months mandatory consecutive time on the second gun count. The judge ordered that Horn undergo drug abuse treatment. The judge also ordered that when Horn is released from jail, he will serve a five year term of supervised release, during which he will undergo additional testing and treatment for drug and alcohol abuse. Horn was also ordered to pay $200 in special mandatory assessments, but no fine was imposed.

The case was investigated by the Mobile County Police Department, the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, the Mobile County Street enforcement Narcotics Team, 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.