KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney
for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man
was convicted in federal court today of illegally possessing a Street Sweeper
shotgun and a stolen handgun.
Ronald F. White, Jr., 32, of Kansas City, was found guilty
of both counts of a Dec. 11, 2013, federal indictment.
White was convicted of possessing a Street Sweeper
semiautomatic, drum-fed, 12-gauge shotgun that was not registered to him, and
of possessing a Romarm/Cugir 7.62x39-caliber semiautomatic handgun that he knew
had been stolen. The firearms were discovered by police officers when they
executed a search warrant at the residence of White’s parents, where he
sometimes stayed, on Oct. 31, 2013.
Following the presentation of evidence, the jury in the U.S.
District Court in Kansas City, Mo., deliberated for about an hour before
returning the guilty verdicts to U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple, ending a
trial that began Monday, July 21, 2014.
Under federal statutes, White is subject to a sentence of up
to 20 years in federal prison without parole, plus a fine up to $260,000. A
sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence
investigation by the United States Probation Office.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney
Joseph M. Marquez and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeff Q. McCarther. It was
investigated by the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department, the Independence, Mo.,
Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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