BROOKSVILLE, Fla – Wayne Allen Phillips, Jr., 45, Brooksville, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a previously convicted felon.
Phillips was found guilty after a trial on April 11, 2023.
According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, deputies from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office encountered Phillips while attempting to serve a warrant for his arrest on another matter. Phillips ran from the deputies but was apprehended after a brief foot chase.
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A search of his person revealed a revolver loaded with five rounds of ammunition in his pants pocket. Phillips has numerous previous state felony convictions, including shooting into an occupied building, strongarm robbery, sale of cocaine, and fleeing and eluding law enforcement.
As a previously convicted felon, he is prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition under federal law. Moreover, Phillips’s prior felony convictions qualified him for a sentencing enhancement as an Armed Career Criminal.
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