Memphis man sentenced to five years for possessing gun switches
A U.S. District Judge sentenced a Memphis man to five years in federal prison for possessing 25 gun “switches.” During a May 2023 press conference, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Kevin Ritz, center, said law enforcement agencies are seeing more switches and his office is “aggressively prosecuting” those possessing the devices. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Thomas L. Parker sentenced Roosevelt Wilson, 43, for possessing the devices and receiving them from overseas.
Aarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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