Van Zandt County Man Sentenced for Firearms Violation
Posted/updated on: August 28, 2013 at 5:44 pm
TYLER — A 37-year-old Wills Point man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations. Michael Jack Callaway pleaded guilty on November 20, 2012, to possession of an unregistered firearm. He was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis. Callaway was also ordered to forfeit the shotgun and seven additional firearms to the government. According to federal prosecutors, on August 22, 2012, law enforcement officers found a short barrel shotgun among several rifles, pistols, and shotguns, as well as several hundreds of rounds of ammunition, when they ran a search warrant at Callaway’s residence. It is located on County Road 2144.
