Mobile Man Sentenced To 96 Months For Illegally Possessing A Firearm

MOBILE, AL - Ladarius Cannon, a Mobile man, has been sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon. The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Callie V.S. Granade.

According to court documents, in April 2023, members of the Mobile Police Department responded to a domestic violence call in a neighborhood within Mobile County. The homeowner reported that Cannon was in her home with her adult granddaughter and a firearm. Another occupant of the home witnessed Cannon discharge the firearm at least one time while inside the home. Photographs documented damage to the interior of their home and the investigation led to the collection of three casings within the home. Around the same time as these events, neighbors from a home on the same street called 911 to report that they could see Cannon on their home security camera outside their home. The caller indicated Cannon was at the front door holding a firearm to a female. The preserved footage shows Cannon holding a firearm to a female, at times pressing the firearm to her body. Cannon can be heard saying "don't run from me." When the police arrived, they took Cannon into custody and recovered the firearm Cannon possessed near his vehicle. Cannon has been convicted of 8 prior felony offenses, including several violent crimes, and is prohibited from possessing a firearm. Cannon was on probation for a state offense of shooting into an occupied building at the time of this offense.

At sentencing, Judge Granade imposed a 96-month sentence of incarceration and a 3-year term of supervised release upon Cannon's discharge from prison. The federal sentence is to run consecutively to a 15-year state probation revocation sentence Cannon is currently serving.

The Mobile Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives investigated the case. Assistant United States Attorney Beth Stepan prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.