On May 2, 2018, Marc Ryan Shipley, 34, of Tucson, was sentenced to 96 months’ imprisonment. Shipley had been previously found guilty following trial of possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon.
Shipley had been convicted in 2007 of the felony offenses of conspiracy to commit bribery of a public official and interference with commerce by extortion, and as a result was prohibited by law from possessing firearms and ammunition. However, in March of 2016, Shipley entered Benson Justice Court with a handgun and was removed by courthouse security. Later that same month, Shipley was in an automobile accident and was armed with a pistol in a holster on his hip and another firearm in his vehicle.
In April of 2016, ATF agents questioned Shipley about his possession of firearms. At that time Shipley had another loaded pistol in his vehicle. Agents obtained a search warrant for Shipley’s house, where they found eight more firearms, 1,754 rounds of ammunition, and several high capacity firearm magazines.