Joplin man ordered held without bond on federal weapons charge

Mitchell Dean Woods, 34, Joplin, will remain behind bars while awaiting trial on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Judge David P. Rush approved the government's request for detention order during a hearing today in U. S. District Court in Springfield. A grand jury indicted Woods Monday,

According to the indictment, Gibbs was charged for possessing guns November 25, the day the Joplin Police Department arrested him.