A MASON CITY MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON RECENTLY. MICHAEL HOLTON, 33, PLEADED GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A FELON FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT IN JUNE 2019. ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, EVIDENCE AT BOTH THE PLEA AND SENTENCING HEARINGS SHOWED HOLTON ADMITTED TO GRABBING A GUN FROM ANOTHER PERSON OUTSIDE KINGZ LOUNGE IN FORT DODGE. HE SHOT THE GUN SEVERAL TIMES NEAR A CROWD OF PEOPLE. HE HAS PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS FOR CONTRABAND IN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND DOMESTIC ABUSE ASSAULT; HOLTON MUST SERVE THREE YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE AFTER HIS PRISON TERM.