Former Navy SEAL Sentenced on Firearms Charges

(Norfolk, VA) – Elbert Tillman, Jr., age 35, of Suffolk, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for possession of firearms and ammunition by a person who is an unlawful user of a controlled substance and possession of firearms not registered to him in the National Firearm Registration and Transfer Record. Chuck Rosenberg, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, made the announcement after U.S. District Judge Henry Coke Morgan, Jr. sentenced Tillman. Tillman previously pled guilty to the above-charges on March 4, 2008.

According to court documents, Tillman was arrested after a search warrant of his property was executed on December 29, 2007. He was found to have possessed approximately 6 pounds of C-4 plastic explosive, a claymore mine, incendiary grenades, various explosive components, and more than 13,000 rounds of military ammunition, along with hundreds of vials of anabolic steroids.

This case was investigated by the Suffolk Police and Fire Departments, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Randy Stoker prosecuted the case for the United States.

A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia at http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/vae.

Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia at http://www.vaed.uscourts.gov or on http://pacer.uspci.uscourts.gov.

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