A 30-year-old Sherman man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe McGlothin, Jr.
Mouaidad Mohamad was sentenced to 180 months by U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan on May 9, 2025, after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Court documents revealed that on August 5, 2022, law enforcement responded to reports of gunfire in Sherman. Mohamad was found to have fired two shots from the window of a vehicle before forcing his girlfriend to drive him from the scene. He was arrested later that day in the same vehicle.
An investigation determined Mohamad was a convicted felon, with prior state felony convictions for robbery and burglary of a habitation. Federal law prohibits felons from owning or possessing firearms or ammunition.
The case was prosecuted as part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative and was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Sherman Police Department, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney William R. Tatum prosecuted the case.
