A convicted felon with a penchant for firearms has been sentenced to over five years in prison, according to a recent federal court ruling. Todd Gehman Howard, 60, of Kingman, Arizona, was found guilty of being a Convicted Felon in Possession of Firearms and Ammunition following a jury trial in May 2022.
On October 11, 2019, FBI agents executed a search warrant at Howard’s residence in Kingman, Arizona. Inside the residence, agents discovered 23 firearms, including 21 in a safe in Howard’s bedroom closet, and approximately 7,600 rounds of ammunition. Howard’s firearms included various types of revolvers, shotguns, and semi-automatic rifles. One of the guns in the safe was a Privately Made Firearm (PMF), FAL-type .308 caliber semiautomatic rifle, sometimes referred to as a ‘ghost gun.’
Evidence presented at trial showed the receiver of that firearm was forged in Australia, and that the completed firearm had traveled from the State of Washington to Arizona.
The FBI conducted the investigation in this case, with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph Koehler and William Rubens, District of Arizona, Phoenix, handled the prosecution.
Howard was sentenced by United States District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 63 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
The case number is CR-21-8033-PHX-PCT-SMB, and the release number is 2022-145_HOWARD. For more information on the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/az/.
Follow the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, on Twitter @USAO_AZ for the latest news.
Related Federal Cases
- Lindsey Hayes, Felon in Possession of Ammunition, Greensboro NC, 2024 · North Carolina
- Ryan Scott Bradford, Felon in Possession of Ammunition and Possession of Machine Guns, California 2023 · California
- Ky Cheng, Felon in Possession of Firearms, California 2024 · Wyoming
- Kenneth Jordan, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Missouri 2023 · Kansas
- James W. Clark, Making a Threatening Interstate Communication, Arizona 2021 · Massachusetts
Key Facts
- State: Arizona
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
ðŸâ€Â’ Get the grimiest stories delivered weekly. Subscribe free →
