{"id":202530,"date":"2026-03-03T18:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202530\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T18:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:30:08","slug":"fresno-man-sentenced-another-pleads-guilty-in-illegal-firearm-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202530\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Man Sentenced, Another Pleads Guilty in Illegal Firearm Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Fresno residents faced federal court Monday for illegal gun possession, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.<\/p>\n<p>Phatna Pich, 23, was sentenced to three years and one month in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing machine guns.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement officers investigating Pich for trafficking illegal firearms searched his home in November 2024 and seized a loaded firearm, several rounds of ammunition, and 12 auto-sears \u2014 devices used to convert firearms into automatic weapons, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pich has two prior firearm-related felony convictions, including one involving an assault weapon, and is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, Thomas Carter Beasley, 21, of Fresno, pleaded guilty Monday to being a felon in possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>Court documents show Beasley engaged in a high-speed chase when police attempted to pull him over, speeding through stop signs, and nearly hitting bystanders before crashing into a parked car.<\/p>\n<p>He then fled on foot through a nearby apartment complex and hid a loaded .40 caliber Glock 27 handgun under a resident\u2019s doormat.<\/p>\n<p>Beasley faces a maximum statutory penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, though the actual sentence will be determined by the court.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Fresno residents faced federal court Monday for illegal gun possession, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced. Phatna Pich,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-202530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}