LC man gets two years on federal firearms charge

Gregory Dewayne McCummings, 34, of Lake Charles, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, with credit for time served.

McCummings was involved in a traffic stop with deputies from the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office. During the encounter, McCummings was searched, and deputies found a clear plastic baggie in his pants pocket. He admitted the baggie was used to store marijuana and previously did contain marijuana.

Inside his vehicle, deputies found a backpack with a loaded Smith & Wesson .40 caliber firearm, a large plastic baggie containing multiple smaller plastic baggies with suspected marijuana, a clear plastic bottle containing a liquid believed to be PCP, and a clear plastic bottle containing suspected ecstasy pills.

McCummings has a prior felony conviction and was prohibited from possessing any firearm or ammunition.

He pleaded guilty to the charge on May 31.

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