Former Nagambie teen BMX star Tyson May sentenced for trafficking drugs and gun theft

A former Shepparton teen BMX star has lost his spring after he was exposed as a prolific, gun-toting drug trafficker.

Tyson May fronted the County Court after pleading guilty to charges including trafficking meth, cannabis and bute.

A former Shepparton teen BMX star who was exposed as a drug dealer after he stole a gun then held it to a woman has avoided further jail time.

Tyson May, 25, was sentenced in the County Court on Wednesday to time served – 221 days – after pleading guilty to charges including trafficking ice, cannabis and GHB.

The court heard May pointed a stolen sawn off .22 calibre rifle at a woman’s head the day before police seized it from his home.

Investigators raided May’s Nagambie bungalow home on June 23 last year and seized the rifle, .22 calibre bullets, meth, cannabis, a hunting bow and a range of stolen power tools.

The weapons and tools had been stolen from a locked caravan at a Miepole property the month earlier, with the thief having removed screws from the caravan door.

Following the raid May was taken to Shepparton police station where police found messages and photos on his phone that revealed he had been dealing drugs since early in May.

May’s messages revealed him offering numerous customers “gear”, “juice” and “bud” for varying prices.

At the time May was on bail from Shepparton Magistrates’ Court.

Judge Michael McInerney noted during an earlier hearing that May had never received a jail sentence despite committing an “enormous number of offences” since May 2015.

“He’s just wanting to go to jail, is he?” Judge McInerney said at the time.

“You could call him a legal pest in many ways.”

May’s lawyer said she didn’t think much thought had gone into May’s crimes, pointing out he had recently been diagnosed with an intellectual disability.

“Albeit intellectually disabled, keeping the police very busy,” Judge McInerney said.

She told the court May was still a relatively youthful offender

It was submitted May was raised in a supportive Shepparton family and was a keen BMX rider until 2016, who competed around Australia, while his father was the president of Shepparton’s BMX track.

May, who also pleaded guilty to theft of a firearm and common assault, became a father in December.

Judge McInerney also handed May a 24-month community correction order.

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