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Mississippi Felon Admits to Having Gun at High School Football Game, Faces Up to 15 Years in Prison

MISSISSIPPI — A man who unlawfully possessed a gun at a high school football game in Mississippi pleaded guilty Monday to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced that 24-year-old Ernest Quintez Clark admitted in federal court to having a handgun while attending a Meridian High School football game last October.

Clark, a Meridian resident, faces up to 15 years in prison when he is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 1.