Evergreen Reporter

A Peoria, Illinois man, Tyruis Bramlett, 22, was sentenced on August 8, 2024, to 58 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon and violating the terms of his federal supervised release. His sentence includes a three-year term of supervised release to be served upon completion of his term of confinement.

At the sentencing hearing before U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid, the government established that in July 2023, Bramlett was on federal supervised release and was prohibited from possessing firearms due to his 2021 conviction for stealing firearms from a gun store in Creve Coeur, Illinois. On July 6, 2023, officers from the Peoria Police Department began investigating several shots-fired incidents in Peoria involving a red SUV reported stolen out of Kalamazoo, Michigan. On July 11, 2023, police officers located the SUV and followed it to a residence on North Sherbrook Lane. Officers approached the vehicle and took three occupants into custody, including Bramlett. During a search of the SUV, police located two 9mm handguns in the front-passenger area, both loaded and equipped with high-capacity extended magazines. Both handguns had previously been reported stolen. Upon closer inspection of the exterior of the SUV, police officers located multiple bullet holes on both sides of the rear portion of the vehicle. The rear driver’s side window also appeared to have been shot out.

A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Bramlett charging him with possessing a firearm as a felon. He entered a guilty plea in April 2024. At his sentencing hearing, he admitted that he violated the terms of his supervised release by possessing a firearm and also admitted to earlier incidents in April 2023 where he fled from police at a high rate of speed, drove without a license, and left the scene of an accident. His total sentence of 58 months is a combination of a term of 46 months’ imprisonment on the gun conviction to be served consecutively to a 12-month prison sentence for violations of supervised release.

Bramlett was previously detained in the custody of the U.S. Marshal Service pending resolution of his case.

The statutory penalties for possessing a firearm as a felon are not more than 15 years imprisonment followed by up to three years supervised release.

The Peoria Area Federal Firearms Task Force investigated this case with contributions from agents at various agencies including: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives; Peoria Police Department; Peoria County Sheriff’s Department; Illinois Department Of Corrections; and Illinois State Police. Assistant U.S Attorney Ronald L Hanna represented the government during prosecution.

This case is part Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which aims at reducing violent crime and gun violence through collaborative efforts between law enforcement agencies and community organizations.