District Attorney Billy Joe Harrington announced guilty pleas and prison sentences in two separate felony gun cases prior to jury trials. Judge Lala Sylvester presided over both cases in Division B of the 10th Judicial District Court.

Tyland Darone Braden, 38, of Natchitoches, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm in the presence of a controlled dangerous substance.

Braden had previously been convicted of the illegal possession of Xanax and was prohibited from possessing a firearm. He was sentenced on the two charges to a total of ten years of incarceration at hard labor.

Special Prosecutor Cliff R. Strider, III prosecuted the case.

Daqualon Brimsey, 21, of Natchitoches, pleaded guilty to possession of a machine gun.

The guilty plea and sentence relate to a disturbance in March when Natchitoches Police Department detectives found Brimsey in possession of a nine-millimeter handgun that had been altered to fire automatically.

Brimsey was sentenced to eight years of incarceration at hard labor.

Steven Oxenhandler prosecuted the case.