A Shelby, Alabama man has been sentenced to 75 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona.
John Henry Edmondson, 29, received the sentence from U.S. District Court Judge Madeline H. Haikala after pleading guilty in April to the charge of illegal firearm possession.
According to court documents, on June 30, 2024, a deputy from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office conducted a welfare check at Edmondson’s residence concerning a minor. Edmondson refused entry to the deputy. The following day, deputies and Edmondson’s parole officer returned with a juvenile pick-up order and entered the house to recover the minor. During this process, law enforcement seized two pistols and drug paraphernalia.
A subsequent search warrant led deputies to find additional items including a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun, ammunition, camouflage body armor, suspected narcotics, and more drug paraphernalia.
Edmondson is barred from owning firearms due to prior felony convictions in Shelby County. In May 2021, he pleaded guilty to Domestic Violence by Suffocation or Strangulation and Certain Persons Forbidden to Possess a Pistol. In August 2022, he pleaded guilty to Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case alongside the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel S. McBrayer prosecuted.
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