Kavant Smith, Possession of a Loaded Firearm by a Convicted Felon, …

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Kavant Smith, 25, is trading street corners for cell blocks. The Fitchburg man got two years in federal prison yesterday after cops found a loaded 9mm Smith & Wesson hidden under the passenger seat of his car back on January 27th. Smith, already a convicted felon, wasn’t supposed to have a piece, and this bust is sending him back to lockup.

Fitchburg police pulled Smith over for a routine stop. The handgun, a Smith & Wesson M&P Shield, wasn’t exactly registered—someone had scratched off the serial number, a telltale sign of a gun with a dirty history. Smith tried the “it’s not mine” routine, but forensic evidence quickly shredded that story. Investigators found Smith’s DNA plastered all over the trigger, handle, and slide. The gun *knew* him.

This wasn’t Smith’s first dance with illegal firearms. Judge James D. Peterson laid it out plain: Smith’s record is a mess. He was already on state probation for a previous felon-in-possession charge when cops popped him again. And going further back, Smith served time for a felony robbery where an accomplice was packing heat. The judge didn’t seem inclined to cut him any slack.

The bust was a joint operation between the Fitchburg Police Department and the ATF Madison Crime Gun Task Force, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Corey Stephan secured the conviction. The Feds are framing the case as part of “Operation Take Back America,” a broad initiative that seems to be casting a wide net, but for Smith, it just means a return trip to prison.

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