United States Attorney Leura G. Canary Middle District of Alabama

FEDERAL TIME FOR FELON’S STASH OF EXPLOSIVES AND GUNS

Adam Robinson Sentenced to Five Years
For Guns, Silencers and Bombs

MONTGOMERY, Ala.— Leura G. Canary, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, announced that Adam Lamar Robinson, 44, of Deatsville, Alabama, was sentenced to 64 months imprisonment by Chief United States District Judge Mark E. Fuller. Robinson had previously pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms and possessing firearms not registered in the National Firearm Registration and Transfer Record.

According to the indictment, Robinson possessed eleven firearms despite the fact that he had at least four previous felony convictions, including two burglaries. Federal law prohibits anyone convicted of a felony offense from possessing firearms or ammunition. In addition, the indictment alleges that Robinson possessed at least four silencers and another four “destructive devices.” The destructive devices included pipe bombs and improvised explosive devices, or “IEDs.” The indictment charged that some of Robinson’s destructive devices contained shrapnel.

According to United States Attorney Canary, “Convicted felons cannot possess firearms or ammunition, much less destructive devices. Adam Robinson was a danger to the community, and federal prosecutors rightly sought his detention from the beginning of this case. Robinson will now spend the next five years in federal prison where he cannot build bombs and endanger neighbors. The Alabama ICE Task Force is committed to investigating and prosecuting dangerous felons like Robinson.”

This case was investigated by Special Agent Timothy Fitzpatrick of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Agent Al Maddox of the Alabama Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the United States Postal Inspection Service. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Verne H. Speirs.