The United States Attorney's Office announced that on July 2, 2013, in Billings, after a federal district court trial before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, DEREK TYSON BELLAMY, a 31-year-old resident of Billings, was found guilty of being a felon-in-possession of a firearm. Sentencing is set for Oct. 21, 2013. He is currently detained.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brendan P. McCarthy prosecuted the case for the United States.
BELLAMY faces possible penalties of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and 3 years supervised release.
The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
