Felony Firearm Conviction

On December 12th, Virgil M. Meyers was sentenced in federal district court following his conviction for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. He was sentenced to 30 months in federal custody, followed by 24 months of supervised release.  On July 14, 2006 Yellowstone rangers arrested Meyers near Old Faithful for driving while his privileges were suspended and for possession of a controlled substance. A search incident to arrest revealed a .38 revolver and ammunition located next to the driver’s seat. Meyers was found guilty in federal magistrate’s court and sentenced to 120 days in jail.  A subsequent investigation revealed that Meyers had been convicted of second degree murder in Washington State in 1985 and of criminal sale of dangerous drugs in Montana in 1998.  This led to a grand jury indictment and issuance of an arrest warrant for Meyers, who had already completed his 120 days of incarceration. In October, NPS special agents were contacted by the Montana Highway Patrol and advised that they’d discovered the arrest warrant while investigating a motorcycle accident caused by Meyers. Meyers was in the hospital in Kalispell Montana at the time recovering from head and facial injuries, but agents discovered that he’d been able to convince the hospital to release him during the early morning hours. Two agents left for Kalispell and found Meyers sitting on the front porch of a friend’s house within ten minutes of arriving in town. Meyers was arrested without incident and transported to Missoula for an initial appearance. The case agent was Bruce Applin.