Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Bobby Grimes of Mobile was sentenced to 57 months imprisonment. Grimes’ sentencing followed entry of a February 2017 guilty plea to prohibited possession of a firearm. Grimes is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition by virtue of a prior felony conviction for Robbery, First Degree in Mobile County in 2013.
Grimes plea included his admission that on April 12, 2016, he sold a stolen Smith & Wesson,.40 caliber pistol to a Confidential Informant working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives for $285.
Prohibited possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is a violation of Title 18, United States Code Section 922(g)(1). Grimes’ imprisonment will be followed by a three-year term of supervised release.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives and prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama.
