Otha Ray Flowers, Illegally Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon, Mississippi 2019
A federal jury in Jackson, Mississippi, has found Otha Ray Flowers, 37, guilty of illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
According to a recent investigation, at approximately 8:30 pm on February 18, 2017, an officer with the Jackson Police Department initiated a field interview of two men sitting in a parked vehicle outside of Big Boys Groceries on Road of Remembrance.
Upon approaching the vehicle, the officer smelled the odor of marijuana. After asking the driver, later identified as Flowers, for his driver’s license, another officer observed the passenger appearing to put something in his mouth.
Both Flowers and the passenger were ordered out of the vehicle. Flowers had been sitting on a .32 silver colored revolver, which the officer saw in plain view when Flowers exited the vehicle. The pistol was loaded with five live rounds and two spent shell casings.
A records check revealed that Flowers had multiple felony convictions in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. Flowers also had outstanding warrants for his arrest. Officers recovered marijuana from Flowers’ pocket in addition to the loaded firearm.
Flowers will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate on November 22, 2019, and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
This case is part of Project EJECT, an initiative by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi under the U.S. Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN).
Key Facts
- State: Mississippi
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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