RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today JOSHUA JAMAL BOBBITT, 24, of Oxford, North Carolina, pled guilty before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle to unlawful possession of firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924.   

     The April 18, 2012, Indictment alleges that on January 12, 2012, BOBBITT was found in possession of a HiPoint 40 caliber handgun along with 40 caliber ammunition. 

At the time of the January, 2012, offense, BOBBITT was on three years of supervised release in the Eastern District of North Carolina following his previous 2009 federal conviction of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

The maximum penalty for the offense is up to 10 years imprisonment.  For an Armed Career Offender, the maximum penalty is up to a life-term of imprisonment.

This case was part of the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) initiative which encourages federal, state, and local agencies to cooperate in a unified “team effort” against gun crime, targeting repeat offenders who continually plague their communities.

Investigation of this case was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Henderson Police Department.  Assistant United States Attorney S. Katherine Burnette is prosecuting the case.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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