A 40-year-old Tampa man is facing life in prison after a jury convicted him. He was charged with being a felon in possession of firearms. He will be sentenced in January. According to the U. S. Attorney’s Office, the jury found Dwain Denorris Wallace, III, guilty of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, and possession of sawed-off shotguns.

According to the testimony and evidence presented at trial, on the night of March 25, 2011, Wallace was stalking his ex-girlfriend. He had taken her car from her and refused to return it. At approximately 8:40 p.m., Wallace found his ex-girlfriend at a relative’s residence and began to argue with her. During the argument, Wallace pointed a loaded, twelve-gauge, Winchester sawed-off shotgun at her. Two calls were made to 911 reporting the incident. Wallace left before the Tampa Police Department could arrive.

However, within an hour, Wallace allegedly located the ex-girlfriend and her daughter as they were setting up for a family member’s birthday and graduation party at a local club.

Wallace allegedly confronted his ex-girlfriend inside the club. The daughter called 911 on her cell phone and the recording captured Wallace shouting at his ex-girlfriend and her pleas for Wallace to let her go.

He attempted to leave the scene before police arrived, but was apprehended by Tampa Police officers in the vicinity of the club. Officers recovered the sawed-off shotgun, which was loaded with three rounds of 12-gauge ammunition. When officers searched the car, they found a short sawed-off Ithaca 20-gauge shotgun with a spent shell in the chamber, three more rounds of 12-gauge ammunition in a duffel bag on the passenger seat, and a baseball bat on the floor of the backseat.

Prior to March 25, 2011, Wallace had been convicted of five state felonies, including attempted second-degree murder.