Oakland man sentenced in unlawful gun possession case

OAKLAND A -year-old Oakland man was sentenced this week to nearly six years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition prosecutors revealed Related Articles Prosecutors charge man with hate crime in Union City Who went to the feds Signs point to Pittsburg cop-turned-Antioch politician Charges filed against man shot by Berkeley police suspect also held after Tesla protest Petitions can circulate to recall Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton Man stabbed near UC Berkeley campus Michael Tatum pleaded guilty to the charge in January according to the U S Attorney s Office During a search of Tatum s residence in February law enforcement officers discovered five loaded guns including one that was stolen and hundreds of rounds of ammunition prosecutors disclosed Officers also seized about in U S currency In addition to a -month prison term Tatum was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and forfeit his interest in the recovered firearms ammunition and currency Tatum is set to begin serving his sentence on July