Columbia felon pleads guilty to illegal firearm possession

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Columbia man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday for illegally possessing several firearms as a felon.

Fredrick Lee Mixon, Jr., 47, pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of firearms.

Mixon admitted to being in possession of a Smith & Wesson revolver, a Winchester .22-caliber semi-automatic rifle, and a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun on Dec. 4, 2019. Columbia police found the guns in his bedroom while executing a search warrant at Mixon’s residence.

In a release from the United States Attorney in the Western District of Missouri, officers also found an Anderson Manufacturing AM-15 multi-caliber semi-automatic rifle and a STEN 9mm sub-machine gun hidden inside a barbecue grill on the rear patio of the residence. The firearms were inside a rifle bag, which also contained a partially loaded 60-round drum magazine, three partially loaded 30-round magazines, and a box of ammunition. Officers also found a loaded Romarm Drako 7.62x39mm semi-automatic pistol with a 30-round magazine in Mixon’s car.

Mixon has prior felony convictions for robbery and illegally possessing a firearm.

Under federal statutes, Mixon is subject to a sentence of up to 10 years in federal prison without parole.