A 39-year-old Castleberry, Alabama, man has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony offense.
Matthew John Cobb was arrested in May 2024 after fleeing Conecuh County deputies working a traffic detail in Castleberry. According to court documents, Cobb was driving a white Dodge when he accelerated away from the deputies, eventually abandoning his vehicle and fleeing into the woods on foot.
The Alabama Department of Corrections responded to the scene with tracking dogs, which located Cobb in the woods lying face down on top of the gun. Ammunition matching the caliber of the gun was found in Cobb’s vehicle. The 39-year-old had several prior felony convictions, including a previous conviction for Felon in Possession of a Firearm from August 2020 in the District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
Cobb was on supervised release from that prior federal conviction at the time this offense occurred. United States District Court Judge Terry F. Moorer imposed the 70-month sentence and ordered a three-year term of supervised release to follow. No fine was imposed but the judge ordered that Cobb pay $100 in special mandatory assessments and forfeit the firearm to the United States.
Judge Moorer also found that Cobb had violated the terms and conditions of his prior supervised release term, and imposed a 14-month sentence for that violation, which will run consecutive to the 70-month sentence on the new case. The total sentence Cobb faces is 84 months in prison.
The investigation was carried out by the Conecuh County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant U.S. Attorney Gloria Bedwell prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States. Cobb’s prior convictions cast a dark shadow over his latest offense, and it remains to be seen whether this sentence will serve as a deterrent to others who would follow in his footsteps.
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Key Facts
- State: Alabama
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Weapons
- Source: Official Source ↗
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