Anchorage, Alaska – United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a federal jury in Fairbanks found a Shageluk, Alaska man guilty on a single count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

On December 9, 2010, Ronald Marvin Robert Wulf, 36, was convicted following a three-day trial before Chief United States District Judge Ralph R. Beistline.

According to evidence presented during the trial by Assistant United States Attorney Kimberly Sayers-Fay, Wulf became a felon in May 1999, when he was convicted of burglary in the first degree, a felony that prohibits him from possessing firearms. The jury convicted Wulf of possessing a firearm on the evening of November 6, 2008. The federal charge stems from an incident in Shageluk on that same evening when Wulf used a .22 caliber Smith & Wesson pistol to beat another village resident. When Wulf was apprehended after the incident, he had the pistol, ammunition and a shell casing that had been fired from that pistol. Wulf testified that he was drinking alcohol that evening. Wulf previously pled guilty in Alaska State Court to using the firearm to pistol-whip that village resident, and has been incarcerated since November 2008.

Wulf faces a sentence of up to ten years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years of federal supervised release. Judge Beistline scheduled Wulf’s sentencing for February 25, 2011, in Fairbanks

The Alaska State Troopers and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) led the investigation that culminated in Wulf’s conviction.

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