A GREENVILLE MAN – WHO BY LAW IS NOT ALLOWED TO POSSES A HANDGUN – HAS BEEN ARRESTED. FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION – GREENVILLE POLICE SAY THEY STARTED INVESTIGATING 62-YEAR-OLD BRYAN GILBERT ON MONDAY – FOR POSSIBLY BEING IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. GILBERT IS A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER – FOLLOWING A CONVICTION OF GROSS SEXUAL IMPOSITION IN 2019. GILBERT WAS ALSO CONVICTED OF POSSESSION OF COCAINE IN 2006. THE OHIO REVISED CODE PROHIBITS THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF OR UNDER INDICTMENT FOR CRIMES OF VIOLENCE OR VARIOUS DRUG OFFENSES – FROM HAVING, CARRYING, OR USING A FIREARM. GILBERT ALSO HAS A PRIOR CONVICTION OF HAVING WEAPONS UNDER DISABILITY IN 2019.
GREENVILLE POLICE THEN EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT ON WEDNESDAY AT GILBERT’S HOME IN THE 300-BLOCK OF SOUTH OHIO STREET. A FIREARM WAS RECOVERED AS A RESULT AND BRYAN GILBERT WAS ARRESTED FOR WEAPONS UNDER DISABILITY – WHICH IS A THIRD DEGREE FELONY.