A six-year stretch behind bars is the latest chapter in repeat felon Tyron Hines's ongoing saga of crime and punishment, Hines, 32, a man whose rap sheet features a litany of weapons offenses, received the latest sentence for carrying a loaded pistol with the intent to move drugs, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and local law enforcement authorities.
Hines, who took a guilty plea last year, on October 16, 2023, saw U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras order not just the prison term but also three years of supervised release, this coming after he was nabbed with a stolen Smith and Wesson and a hefty stash of narcotics, the evening of June 4, 2023 the Metropolitan Police Department came across Hines as he tried to blend in with a street-side crowd and ditch the gun, which had been boosted from Prince George's County in March 2020, then dart away, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
With Hines was a bag with 26 grams of a substance that tested positive as crack cocaine's deadly cousin, fentanyl – pushing the likely scenario that distribution was his game, not personal use that’s what the narcotics quantity, minus any drug paraphernalia, and the wad of $920 in cash he carted seemed to suggest, it marked his fifth firearms charge in less than a 15-year timespan which paints a pretty clear picture of how Hines operates
Adding to this man's story is a shootout from two weeks prior that linked him to more firearms – one turned into a full-blown machinegun with a "giggle switch," although it's believed these guns weren't his at the time, further digging unearthed a stash of guns and ammo in Hines's digs on June 28, 2023, all the details point to a life hard-pressed against the law's boundaries, a fact underscored by Hines's previous convictions for similar offenses, followed by a familiar dance of jail time and temporary releases.
The case against Hines was a joint effort by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Metropolitan Police Department, culminating in a prosecution led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Cameron Tepfer, as they all aim to clip the wings of such repeat offenders and stymie the tide of firearm-related crimes.
