A St. Paul man has been handed down a 92-month prison sentence for unlawful possession of ammunition, a conviction rooted in his status as a repeat felon. Travis Howard Warner, 31, was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his imprisonment, according to an announcement by United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
Documents from the court reveal that the St. Paul Police Department responded to a 911 call on July 18, 2023, relaying that multiple armed males were spotted around an SUV. Warner was implicated as one of those individuals, linked to a bar altercation just the night before – where he allegedly brandished a firearm, escalating the night's tensions. Attempts to detain Warner, who was on foot and making his way from the SUV, were initially met with noncompliance, but he was soon arrested on an existing felony warrant.
A search conducted on the vehicle, once a warrant was secured, led to the discovery of not just a firearm—a ghost gun equipped with a high-capacity magazine and loaded with ammunition—but also a cash sum of $3,157 and a stash of 50 M30 fentanyl pills. Forensic analysis couldn't exclude Warner as a contributor to the DNA found on both the weapon and the bag containing the pills.
Warner's criminal history in Ramsey and Dakota Counties precludes him from firearm or ammunition possession, as mandated by federal law. On June 18 by entering a guilty plea to the charge of illegal ammunition possession, Warner effectively sealed his fate. The sentence was delivered yesterday by Judge Paul A. Magnuson in U.S. District Court, sealing the consequences of Warner's entanglement with the law once more.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in collaboration with the St. Paul Police Department undertook the investigation leading to Warner's conviction. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Bejar held the prosecutorial reins in the case.
Further details can be found in the original release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota.
