{"id":273632,"date":"2026-08-28T02:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273632\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T02:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:06:16","slug":"man-previously-convicted-of-robbery-sentenced-for-carrying-stolen-gun-on-pittsburghs-south-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273632\/","title":{"rendered":"Man previously convicted of robbery sentenced for carrying stolen gun on Pittsburgh\u2019s South Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 A man previously convicted of robbery was sentenced for carrying a gun in Pittsburgh\u2019s South Side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Jayvon Turner, 24, of Beaver Falls, was sentenced to serve over 7 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Pittsburgh Police and members of the ATF said they found him with a stolen semi-automatic handgun in the South Side in Aug. 2025. Since he was previously convicted of a state robbery charge, it is a federal crime for him to carry a gun or ammunition. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/convicted-felon-faces-federal-indictment-after-joint-investigation-between-pittsburgh-police-atf\/UN4XKRDPLZBHHIHMR2SHUXV43M\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/convicted-felon-faces-federal-indictment-after-joint-investigation-between-pittsburgh-police-atf\/UN4XKRDPLZBHHIHMR2SHUXV43M\/\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; Convicted felon faces federal indictment after joint investigation between Pittsburgh Police, ATF<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Turner\u2019s arrest came as part of the Project Safe Neighborhoods program, which is designed to have law enforcement from different communities work together to reduce gun violence and crimes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 A man previously convicted of robbery was sentenced for carrying a gun in Pittsburgh\u2019s South Side.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[22487,70049,10751,15647,4737,4738,60,70050,4741,63263,6954,70051,449,786,784,17321,20608,2265,15177,4744,4746,15652,4586,15653,60844,740,742,3430,4751,393,4752,70052,1399,70053,10495,70054,2008,22525,523,70055,73,75,74,15268,70056,787,37620,70057,4754,32454,4758,7212,3232],"class_list":["post-273632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-advice","tag-adviser","tag-advisor","tag-agreement","tag-attorney","tag-background","tag-business","tag-businessman","tag-concept","tag-consultant","tag-contract","tag-counsel","tag-court","tag-courtroom","tag-criminal","tag-desk","tag-document","tag-finance","tag-financial","tag-firm","tag-gavel","tag-hammer","tag-judge","tag-judgment","tag-jurisdiction","tag-justice","tag-law","tag-lawyer","tag-legal","tag-legislation","tag-litigation","tag-magistrate","tag-man","tag-man-manager","tag-meeting","tag-notary","tag-office","tag-paperwork","tag-people","tag-people-person","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-professional","tag-provide-purchase","tag-punishment","tag-real","tag-recommend","tag-scale","tag-teamwork","tag-verdict","tag-work","tag-workplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}