KANSAS CITY, Mo - A Leeton man was federally sentenced today for illegally possessing a firearm.

U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs sentenced 54-year-old William N. Brown of Leeton to 15 years in federal prison without parole. Brown was sentenced as an armed career criminal due to prior felony convictions.

He previously pleaded guilty in February to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Brown admitted to being in possession of a shotgun that modified with both the barrel and butt stock sawed off.

He was arrested on February 26th, 2024, after witnesses reported seeing him walk to a neighbor's house carrying a machete and a shotgun. Members of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office were able to search Brown's residence, locate the gun, and arrest him.

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