How to Use felon in a Sentence

felon

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  • The felon was able to take the keys to his handcuffs from the sleeping guard.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Ackles — a parolee and felon barred from having a gun — fled.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The guns had formed the basis for a firearm charge against Makavelli, who is a felon barred from having guns.
    — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 10 June 2023
  • Hall also was found guilty of a count of possessing a firearm as a felon.
    — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2023
  • He was also charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2022
  • They were labeled by society as a felon for a very long time, and many of them couldn't get jobs.
    — James Brown, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The mother’s fiancée, Chelsea Berkley, 29, faces a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, a felony.
    — Michelle Watson, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • Stories free of the stereotypes and the many assumptions made about people who are felons?
    — Tracy McMillan, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2023
  • This was not the first time police accused Gebo of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
    — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
  • She was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and being a felon in possession of a gun.
    — oregonlive, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Zegar was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
    — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The problem is his status as a felon, for possession of drugs and fleeing the police.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Hopkins was also charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The consequences [could involve] being charged as a felon.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Many others had warrants for drug crimes and gun possession by a felon.
    — Simone Weichselbaum, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Irving is charged with first-degree murder, two counts of felony firearm, and one count of possessing a firearm as a felon.
    — Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The novelty of a former leader of the United States being called a felon has somehow worn off.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Despite being a felon in possession of a firearm, this is somehow your first bid.
    — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The state previously banned felons from voting for life.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Darkwah was charged with second-degree murder, felony use of a firearm and a felon in possession of a firearm.
    — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Tronco also was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
    — Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
  • In Los Angeles, he was sentenced to a year in county jail in 2010 for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Fordham is not legally allowed to own a gun and is facing a charge for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
    — Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Coward, who was arrested later that day, has been charged in the case with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Enamorado was charged as a felon in possession of a firearm.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Like the handful of other Watts victims charged with gun crimes, Jones was labeled a violent felon.
    — USA Today, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Cameron Joshua, 22, who was at the scene of the crime, was also arrested Nov. 22 and charged for unlawfully possessing a weapon as a felon.
    — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Green was charged in federal court last year with being a felon in possession of a firearm and having 20 bindles of heroin for sale.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Two years later, he was arrested for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • This morning, the FBI arrested both suspects on charges being a felon in possession of a firearm.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 9 Mar. 2023

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