Department of Justice

United States Attorney James R. Dedrick Eastern District of Tennessee

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 13, 2009

CURTIS CARL FERGUSON SENTENCED

Kingsport resident received thirty-three month sentence

[GREENEVILLE, TENNESSEE] Curtis Carl Ferguson, 33, of Kingsport, Tennessee, was sentenced in United States District Court in Greeneville, Tennessee, to serve thirty-three (33) months imprisonment by the Honorable Leon Jordan, United States District Judge. Ferguson was placed on supervised release for a period of three (3) years upon his release from imprisonment and was ordered to pay a $100 special mandatory assessment. The sentence was the result of a guilty plea by Ferguson on December 2, 2008, to a federal grand jury indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

The indictment and subsequent conviction of Ferguson was the result of an arrest made by the Kingsport Police Department at the Westside Inn on Stone Drive on August 11, 2008.

The United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)and the Kingsport Police Department were involved in the investigation and subsequent indictment, conviction and sentencing of Ferguson. Assistant U.S. Attorney Helen Smith represented the United States.

For additional information, please contact United States Attorney Russ Dedrick, 865-545-4167, Assistant U.S. Attorney Helen Smith, 423-823-5020, or Public Information Officer Sharry Dedman-Beard, 865-545-4167.