Marin man sentenced in federal gun case
A Marin County man who allegedly posted pictures of himself holding a pistol as he drove through Oakland has been sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison, court records show.
Tyler Revels, 25, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, a charge that stemmed from an April 2021 probation search of his home that occurred after his probation officer learned of the incriminating Instagram posts, prosecutors said.
Probation officers found 60 loose bullets, a loaded pistol and multiple magazines in the home, authorities said.
Revels was charged in federal court in October 2021, and was released from pretrial custody. During a search of his home in March 2022, authorities allegedly found identifying information for several people, including a woman who reported losing her wallet at a Bay Area spa days earlier. He pleaded guilty to the gun charge in May 2022.
Revels, who was sentenced in late June by U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, has not yet been transferred to federal prison. He is in custody at the Marin County Jail, where he faces false imprisonment and battery counts, as well as an accusation that he attacked a fellow inmate, according to the jail’s registry.
Revels’ lawyer wrote in court papers that while on pretrial release, Revels “completely turned his life around” and got a job as a case manager/community health worker with Code Tenderloin, a San Francisco workforce development nonprofit.
The jail log lists Revels as a Marin City resident.