Repeat offender sentenced to prison for having firearms as a felon

TOPEKA, KAN. – A convicted felon was sentenced to 137 months in prison after being repeatedly caught with firearms although he cannot legally possess guns. According to court documents, Brandon Paul McFall, 34, of Topeka pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of firearm by a convicted felon. In 2020, McFall was convicted in Bay County, Florida, for being a felon in possession of a firearm or ammunition. In May 2023, a Shawnee County Sheriff's Office deputy stopped McFall for a traffic violation. Inside the vehicle, a deputy found a pistol and ammunition. In November 2023, a Shawnee County Sheriff's deputy saw McFall racing around a roundabout on a stolen motorcycle. McFall fled from law enforcement before abandoning the motorcycle and running away on foot. Deputies tracked and located McFall using a canine. They also found a firearm within yards of the motorcycle that McFall left behind. “Some people learn from their mistakes and don’t repeat the behavior that caused them to run afoul of the law. Mr. McFall is not one of those people. It surprises no one except him that his cycle of crime keeps resulting in the same outcome: him being locked up in a cell,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan A. Kriegshauser. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Hough prosecuted the case. ###