A 27-year-old Federal Way man was sentenced Friday to over four years in federal court in Seattle for possession of a firearm. Christopher Yarbrough was arrested in Burien after a semi-automatic pistol fell from his waistband as he fled from King County Sheriff deputies in 2008. Yarbrough has prior drug, burglary and robbery convictions.
Read the complete news release issued Friday from the United States Attorney’s Office in Seattle:
CHRISTOPHER THOMAS YARBROUGH, 27, of Federal Way, Washington was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 51 months in prison and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm. YARBROUGH pleaded guilty November 13, 2009. At sentencing U.S. District Judge Richard A. Jones told him, “On paper I see an individual involved in acts of violence, domestic violence and drug activity.”
According to court records, YARBROUGH was arrested October 2, 2008, in Burien. As YARBROUGH ran from King County Sheriff deputies, a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol fell from his waistband. YARBROUGH had previously been convicted in King County Superior Court of two counts of Robbery and one count of burglary. The convictions were from 2003, and prohibited YARBROUGH from possessing a firearm.
The 51 month sentence will run consecutive to a 25 month sentence YARBROUGH received for a drug conviction in King County Superior Court.
YARBROUGH was prosecuted as part of the Project Safe Neighborhoods program. Unveiled in May 2001, Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), is a comprehensive and strategic approach to gun law enforcement. PSN is a nationwide commitment to reduce gun crime in America by networking both new and existing local programs that target gun crime and then providing them with the resources and tools they need to succeed. Implementation at the local level — in this case, in King County — has fostered close partnerships between federal, state and local prosecutors and law enforcement.
The case was investigated by the King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF). The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Andrew Colasurdo. Mr. Colasurdo is a Deputy King County Prosecutor, specially designated to handle gun cases in federal court.
TNT editors do your job.
YARBROUGH, was sentenced to 51 months in prison; not as your article states to over 4 years in federal court.
“A 27-year-old Federal Way man was sentenced Friday to over four years in federal court in Seattle for possession of a firearm.”
Lets clarify things for you, dkv. 12 months to a year, times 4 years equalls 48 months. You know, 10 times 4 is fourty plus 2 times 4 is 8. see how that works.
OK, next lesson 51 is MORE than 48. So, if he was sentenced to 51 months that is over 4 years, just like the headline says.
let me guess his pants were baggy and it fell out of the waist band of his boxers? lol ya hes a cool gangsta ha ha ha
Why do all the gun violence stories come out of Federal Way??? A better class of trailer trash?
Oh dear oh dear oh dear!!!
How on EARTH did this criminal manage to get his hands on a firearm?
(insert heavy dose of sarcasm and irony)
51 months for a violent felon in possention like that’s going to stop him, it might for 51 months, but a regular criminal like him they don’t pat attention to laws except their rights.
bac148,
Your math is correct, but I feel you missed the point fo dkv’s comment. The person was sentenced to over four years in “prison”, not to over four years in “federal court”. Over four years in a federal court might qualify him for a pension.