Jefferson City man sentenced 15 years for illegally owning gun

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Jefferson City man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for illegally possessing a gun.

Malik Rashod Miller, 25, was sentenced by U.S District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 15 years in federal prison.  

On Oct. 11, 2022, Miller pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Miller admitted that he was in possession of a loaded gun on Oct. 20, 2021.

Miller was arrested when Jefferson City police officers contacted a vehicle that was parked in a local park shortly after midnight on Oct. 20, 2021, according to a press release. Miller was a passenger in the vehicle. When Miller got out of the vehicle so that officers could search it, he left a black satchel that was searched. Inside the satchel, officers allegedly found drugs.

Officers searched the vehicle and found the revolver underneath the passenger’s seat where Miller had been sitting, according to the release. The from the patrol car Miller was seated during the search began recording as Miller was being placed in the patrol car.

The video allegedly shows Miller leaning forward while saying, “Don’t find the gun; please don’t find the gun,” and then “They found the gun,” according to the press release. He later shouted from the patrol car that he is “going away for a long time.”