Press Release
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Feb 22,2024
NORFOLK , Va . – A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to five years in prison for possessing multiple firearms and a machinegun conversion device as a convicted felon . According to court documents , on June 9 , 2022 , after a lengthy investigation into several individuals suspected of being involved in the distribution of narcotics , law enforcement officers executed a court - authorized search warrant at the Portsmouth residence of Michael Jerrod Scott , 40 . [ . . . ]