BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A convicted felon has been sentenced on multiple firearms charges, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. U.S. District Judge Anna M. Manasco sentenced Robert Garrett, 32, of Birmingham, Alabama, to 130 months in prison. In March, Garrett pleaded guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug- trafficking crime. According to court records, on April 12, 2023, officers with the Birmingham Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle Garrett was driving. Officers ran Garrett’s information through dispatch and discovered that Garrett had several active warrants. The officers removed Garrett from the vehicle and placed him under arrest for those warrants. Officers smelled the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle while Garrett was getting out of it. During the search of the vehicle, officers recovered a Glock .45 caliber pistol with a 25-round magazine on the driver’s floorboard and a backpack that contained marijuana. On August 3, 2023, ATF agents went to a residence in Birmingham to follow up on a federal firearms violation involving Garrett. Garrett met the agents at the door. Agents smelled the odor of marijuana on Garrett and emitting from inside the house. On the same day, Agents obtained a search warrant for the residence. During the search of the residence agents recovered marijuana, digital scales, ammunition, a SCCY 9mm pistol and more than $5000. ATF investigated the case along with the Birmingham Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Darius C. Greene prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice