{"id":232409,"date":"2026-03-23T11:22:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/232409\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:22:32","slug":"fresno-felon-sentenced-to-over-6-years-in-prison-for-illegally-possessing-ammunition-loaded-in-a-ghost-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/232409\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Felon Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing Ammunition Loaded in a \u201cGhost Gun\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 22, 2026 \u2013 FRESNO, CA \u2013 Felipe Macias, 28, of Fresno, was sentenced Thursday to six years and five months in prison by U.S. District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff for being a felon in possession of ammunition, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, in August 2024, Macias was observed on a city bus in Fresno with the grip of a firearm protruding from his waistband. Undercover officers converged on Macias in a smoke shop, where they recovered a black \u201cghost gun\u201d \u2013 a privately manufactured, un-serialized firearm loaded with a high-capacity magazine. At the time of his arrest, Macias was a previously convicted felon on post-release community supervision. Macias pleaded guilty on September 29, 2025.<\/p>\n

\"DOJ
Close-up of recovered ghost gun, showing missing serial number<\/p>\n

The Fresno Police Department, the Selma Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Veneman-Hughes prosecuted the case.<\/p>\n

This case is part of\u00a0Operation Take Back America<\/a>, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations, and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.<\/p>\n

Source & photo: DOJ Release<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 22, 2026 \u2013 FRESNO, CA \u2013 Felipe Macias, 28, of Fresno, was sentenced Thursday to six years…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,105374,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-232409","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-felon-sentenced-to-over-6-years-in-prison-for-illegally-possessing-ammunition-loaded-in-a-ghost-gun-on-a-city-bus","10":"tag-fresno-headlines","11":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232409","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=232409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}