Phillip Jordan Neese, 33, Carthage, pleaded guilty today in U. S. District Court to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
No date has been scheduled for sentencing. No plea agreement has been filed.
According to the indictment, Phillip Jordan Neese, 33, possessed the weapons September 17 in Jasper County.The indictment stems from a Joplin Police Department arrest that day. Neese was charged in Jasper County Circuit Court with drug trafficking, unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm.