Source: United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Rogersville, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
Lloyd Eugene Mathis, 37, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 84 months in federal prison without parole.
On Nov. 13, 2024, Mathis pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
On Feb. 21, 2024, deputies with the United States Marshals Service, who were searching for Mathis in relation to outstanding warrants out of Oklahoma, located Mathis in the parking lot of a strip mall in Springfield, Mo. When the marshals identified themselves and approached Mathis he attempted to flee on foot. The deputies tackled Mathis and attempted to take control of his arms. Mathis physically resisted, ignored commands and reached under his body. During the struggle, deputies observed a firearm in the Mathis’s waistband. The firearm, an SCCY, model CPX-2, 9mm pistol, was loaded with eight rounds of live ammunition.
According to court records, Mathis continued to physically resist and was verbally combative with officers. Mathis threatened to headbutt officers as they attempted to place him in the patrol vehicle.
Under federal law, it is illegal for anyone who is convicted of a felony to be in possession of any firearm or ammunition. Mathis has prior felony convictions for automobile theft, burglary, arson, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, domestic assault, attempting to elude a police officer, and driving under the influence of drugs.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie Wan. It was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Greene County, Mo., Sheriff’s Office, and the United States Marshals Service.
Project Safe Neighborhoods
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.