Skip to main content
Press Release

10 Year Prison Sentence in Stolen Guns Case

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Mississippi

 

Gulfport, Miss – Tyson Lee Gaines, Sr. was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to serve 10 years in federal prison in a case involving the theft of 50 firearms from Friendly Pawn and Auto in Saucier, MS, U. S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced.

Gaines, 34, of Gulfport, Mississippi, received the maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on one count of stealing firearms from a licensed dealer. He was also ordered to pay restitution of $9,008.68 and he will serve three years of supervised release following his prison term.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Annette Williams.

Updated January 26, 2016