Hot Springs man sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for gun possession

HOT SPRINGS – A Hot Springs man was sentenced Thursday to 180 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person (felon). The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in United States District Court in Hot Springs.

According to court documents, in June 2020, an officer with the Hot Springs Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by 44-year-old Carl Lee Tate, Sr. The agent determined that Tate was a convicted felon on parole through the State of Arkansas and that Tate had a search waiver on his record. The officer searched Tate's vehicle and found, among other things, a loaded handgun, methamphetamine and a digital scale.

This case was investigated by the Hot Springs Police Department.

Assistant United States Attorney Bryan Achorn prosecuted the case for the Western District of Arkansas.

This case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. The Justice Department reinvigorated the PSN in 2017 as part of the department's renewed focus on targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney's Offices to work in partnership with federal, state law enforcement , local and tribal and the local community to develop strategies based on the reduction of violent crimes.

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