COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal jury has convicted a 30-year-old Columbus man of illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio announced Thursday.
Davonta T. Flood was convicted Wednesday afternoon following a trial that began Monday before U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley, prosecutors said.
In June, Franklin County sheriff’s deputies searched a residence Flood was using after receiving a narcotics tip and found a firearm between a mattress and a bed platform in a bedroom Flood used, according to prosecutors. Flood had been released from the Federal Bureau of Prisons just one month earlier and was on federal supervised release at the time.
Flood’s prior felony convictions include felon in possession of a firearm and distribution of fentanyl near a school; his state convictions include aggravated assault, having a weapon while under disability, receiving stolen property and escape, prosecutors said. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in June.
The offense carries up to 15 years in prison. Sentencing will be scheduled at a later date.
