A Ripley, Tennessee, man was sentenced to three years and one month in federal prison, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in Hopkinsville.
Per court documents, Nicholas Bryant Starks, 44, was also sentenced three years of supervised release following his term.
On October 24, 2021, in Christian County, Starks possessed a Taurus, model PT
738, .380 caliber semiautomatic pistol.
Starks was prohibited from possessing a firearm due to a 2002 felony conviction for armed bank robbery out of the Western District of Tennessee at Memphis.
U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge R. Shawn Morrow of the ATF Louisville Field Division, and Chief Jason Newby of the Hopkinsville Police Department made the announcement.
There is no parole in the federal system.
The case was investigated by the ATF Bowling Green Field Office and the Hopkinsville Police Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Seth Hancock, Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Paducah Branch Office, prosecuted the case.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.
