Conway man pleads guilty to gun charge

A Conway man who threatened another driver in a road rage incident pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to illegally possessing a firearm. William J.W. Duval, 29, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Duval remains in federal custody pending a sentencing hearing, which has not yet been scheduled. By pleading guilty Duval admitted he was in possession of a Smith & Wesson 9mm semi-automatic pistol on June 19, 2019, according to press release from the Office of the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. For more on this story, see Saturday's LCR.