Montgomery, Alabama - On Wednesday, April 29, 2020, Mitchell Evan Gandy, a 32-year-old man from Evergreen, Alabama, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Following his prison sentence, Gandy will be on supervised release for three years.
Gandy was indicted by a federal grand jury in August 2018 on one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He pleaded guilty to that charge on Jan. 29, 2020.
According to court records, on Feb. 14, 2018, a deputy stopped Gandy for speeding while he was traveling in Covington County. When the deputy approached to speak to the driver, he detected a strong smell of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle and asked him to step out of the car. When law enforcement officers searched the vehicle, they found two handguns- a Glock 9mm and a Zastava 7.62mm. Gandy has multiple felony convictions and is prohibited from possessing a firearm.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Covington County Sheriff’s Office investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorney Joshua Wendell prosecuted this case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
