Convicted Felon Sentenced for Firearms Violation
Posted/updated on: February 20, 2015 at 11:18 am
TYLER – A 44-year-old Wills Point man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal firearms violations. Terry Dewayne Monk pleaded guilty on September 16, 2014, to being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was sentenced to 71 months in federal prison yesterday in Tyler by U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis.
According to information presented in court, on March 14, 2014, Monk was stopped by a on a rural county road in Van Zandt County by a sheriff’s deputy for an outstanding warrant. During the traffic stop, officers discovered the vehicle did not belong to Monk, but to a nearby resident. Officers went to the home and talked to the vehicle’s owner, who advised them that Monk had been staying at her home for the about a week and that she had seen him with a sawed-off shotgun. The home-owner gave permission to search the residence.
During the search, officers located the sawed-off shotgun, which had an obliterated serial number. Further investigation revealed Monk was a convicted felon, having been found guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in 1990 in Tarrant County. Convicted felons are prohibited by federal law from owning or possessing firearms or ammunition. Monk was indicted by a federal grand jury on May 28, 2014.
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