A Gloucester man was sentenced last Thursday to three years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. The federal district court ordered the three-year sentence to run consecutively with the five-year sentence imposed by the Commonwealth of Virginia earlier this year for offenses related to the federal conviction. According to court documents, following the arrest of his adult son in August 2023 by the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office, Allen Dowell, 59, posted videos on social media threatening deputies and their families with violence if they were involved in his son’s arrest. An investigation into Dowell’s threats revealed several videos posted to social media in which Dowell possessed a firearm and described his marijuana cultivation practices at his residence. As a previously convicted felon, Dowell is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition. On Sept. 1, 2023, GCSO...