Brentton Timmons, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, South Carolina 2024

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Brentton Timmons, 30, Sentenced to 6+ Years in Federal Prison for Felon in Possession of a Firearm

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Brentton Timmons, 30, of Chester, has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to evidence obtained in the investigation, on August 24, 2024, deputies with the Chester County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic safety checkpoint and saw Timmons attempt to evade the checkpoint by turning onto a dirt road. Deputies conducted a traffic stop on Timmons’ vehicle and saw an open container of alcohol in the cupholder.

Deputies searched the vehicle further and found a loaded pistol under the driver’s seat. Timmons admitted to possession of the pistol and the alcohol.

Timmons has prior convictions for discharging a firearm into a dwelling, assault and battery 1st degree, pointing and presenting a firearm, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, all of which prohibit him from possessing a firearm under federal law.

United States District Judge Cameron McGowan Curry sentenced Timmons to 77 total months imprisonment, to be followed by a three-year term of court-ordered supervision. There is no parole in the federal system.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Chester County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lamar J. Fyall is prosecuting the case.

Timmons, a 30-year-old Chester man, was sentenced for Felon in Possession of a Firearm, a federal crime. The crime was committed in Chester, South Carolina on August 24, 2024. Timmons was sentenced to 77 total months imprisonment, followed by a three-year term of court-ordered supervision.