Youngstown man sentenced to over four years in federal prison on gun charge

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — A city man who was indicted on a federal gun charge after his fourth firearm-related arrest was sentenced Thursday to over four years in federal prison.

Tony Davis, 42, was sentenced by U.S. Judge Benita Y. Pearson in the U.S. Northern District Court of Ohio to 52 months in prison after pleading guilty on April 12 to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and a single count of possession of an unregistered firearm.

A federal grand jury indicted Davis on June 29, 2023.

The indictment came after Davis’ fourth firearm related by city police on Jan. 17, 2023, after a truck he was driving was pulled over at about 10:55 p.m. at East Indianola Avenue and Rush Boulevard for having a broken brake light. Davis could be seen reaching behind him, and he also appeared to be very nervous when speaking to police, reports said.

Police say Davis said there were no weapons in the truck.

Because Davis had a suspended license, he was asked to get out of the truck so it could be searched before it was towed. Underneath one of the seats police found a loaded .45-caliber handgun, reports said.

Davis is not allowed to have a gun because of a conviction dating back to 2001 for participation in a criminal gang. He was sentenced to nine years in that case but was granted an early release after serving about three years.

Davis was also arrested in 2012 and 2013 on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, for which he was sent to prison. He also did a year in prison after being arrested in 2015 on drug charges, according to court records.

The indictment also said that Davis had a semiautomatic rifle on May 10, 2022, that was not registered. A report could not be found on that incident and the indictment gave no details.

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