Columbia man returns to federal prison following gun charge

Image: Department of Justice (D.O.J.)

Image: Department of Justice (D.O.J.)

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– A 31-year-old has been sentenced to a total of 57 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, said the SCDOJ.

DOJ officials said him being in possession of a firearm violated both federal criminal law and his federal supervised release from a previous conviction.

Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that on July 17, 2024, Columbia Police Department officers responded to a domestic violence call at Daisean Montez Skeeters’ home.

After arriving, police learned there might be firearms in the home.

Because Skeeters was already on federal supervised release for a previous weapons conviction, agents also spoke to his U.S. Probation Officer, who said that he was also advised of firearms in the home, said the DOJ.

Agents obtained a search warrant for the home and located two firearms.

Also, agents obtained a second search warrant for Skeeters’ DNA to compare to swabs taken from those firearms.

Skeeters entered a guilty plea to knowingly possessing that particular firearm as a convicted felon.

He was already on federal supervised release following a previous conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The conviction was also a violation of the terms of his supervised release.

Skeeters is allegedly a high-ranking member of a violent street gang in Columbia.

A judge sentenced Skeeters to a total of 57 months’ imprisonment, which was comprised of a 24-month revocation of his supervised release and a consecutive term of 33 months’ imprisonment for the new criminal charge to be followed by a three-year term of court-ordered supervision.