Missouri man sentenced or illegally possessing firearm, leading police on chase

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A 38-year-old Sugar Creek, Missouri man was sentenced in federal court docket Monday for illegally possessing a firearm after driving away on his motorbike from a police officer.

William M. Peters was sentenced to 10 years in federal jail with out parole.

On Sept. 2, 2021, Peters pleaded responsible to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

A Sugar Creek officer tried to cease Peters, who was driving a bike, on Nov. 15, 2019. Peters tried to flee by driving via yards and down embankments. Peters tried to ram a locked gate, inflicting him to fall off the motorbike. Peters then fled on foot.

The officer ordered Peters to cease operating, at which level Peters stopped operating and grabbed a Smith and Wesson .40-caliber handgun with {a magazine} and 5 rounds of ammunition from inside his coat. Because the officer drew his responsibility weapon, Peters threw the holstered firearm and was detained.

The officer famous that Peter had a really robust odor of alcohol, however officers had been unable to carry out commonplace subject sobriety checks because of his combative habits.

Officers searched Peters and located a baggie that contained .42 grams of methamphetamine and a glass smoking pipe. Peters admitted that he used methamphetamine on daily basis and had purchased one or two ounces of methamphetamine on daily basis over the prior two months.

Based on court docket paperwork, Peters additionally illegally possessed a stolen firearm on Nov. 17, 2020, and illegally possessed one other firearm on June 18, 2021, each in Independence, Mo.

On the time of his arrest on this case, Peters had an lively Sugar Creek warrant for disorderly conduct and possession of drug paraphernalia and three felony Jackson County warrants for drug possession and assault.