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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today that a resident of Beaver Falls pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon and was sentenced to 88 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on his conviction.

Twenty-four-year-old Javon Turner was sentenced.

According to information presented to the Court, on August 16th, 2025, members of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police’s Violence Prevention Unit encountered Turner on Pittsburgh’s South Side carrying a loaded, stolen 9mm semi-automatic pistol.

Turner was previously convicted on a state robbery charge and federal law prohibits a convicted felon possessing a firearm or ammunition.