A Colorado Springs man has been sentenced to 9 years for firearm possession

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced that Jeffrey Scott Taylor, a 51-year-old from Colorado Springs, was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison after earlier pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to court records, on April 9, 2022, officers with the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) were called to an apartment complex on Tappan Drive in Colorado Springs. Officers spoke with an individual who reported the defendant came to her apartment earlier that evening and said Taylor wanted to show her something.

She followed Taylor to his apartment, where he showed her a semi-automatic handgun sitting on his coffee table.

Inside, CSPD recovered a Smith and Wesson .40 caliber pistol from the coffee table in the living room area. The pistol was loaded and contained eight rounds of ammunition, including one in the chamber. In the bedroom closet, officers recovered a Smith and Wesson magazine and two boxes of .40 caliber ammunition.

Taylor had been convicted of a felony prior to April 9, 2022, and was aware that he had been convicted of a felony. Due to the previous conviction, Taylor received 9 years in federal prison.