Convicted felon sentenced to 110 months in prison

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A convicted felon was sentenced Thursday to 110 months in prison after fleeing state troopers while carrying a firearm, and drugs.

On Aug. 26, 2025, state troopers pulled over 36-year-old convicted felon Wendell Mosely, on U.S. Highway 67 in St. Francois County, Missouri.

According to a news release, Mosely had engaged with police before running to a vehicle to flee the scene. Mosely sped going southbound on Highway 67.

After wrecking the car, Mosely reportedly ran on foot, ditching a bag, later recovered by state troopers, found to have a hand-gun, as well as 232 capsules containing oxycodone.

Mosely, pleaded guilty in August in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession with the intent to distribute oxycodone.