Whitehouse Man Sentenced for Firearms Violations
Posted/updated on: January 12, 2011 at 1:59 pm
TYLER – A 45-year-old Whitehouse man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations. Johnny Coy Roberson, Jr., pleaded guilty back in June to being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison yesterday in Tyler by U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis.
According to information presented in court, on November 21, 2009, Roberson was stopped for a traffic violation in Smith County during which he was found to be in possession of a Kel-Tex, model P-11 9mm handgun. Further investigation revealed Roberson was a convicted felon, having previously been convicted of burglary of a habitation in Smith County in 2003. As a convicted felon, Roberson is prohibited by federal law from owning or possessing firearms or ammunition.
