RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today JOSHUA JAMAL BOBBITT, 24, of Oxford, North Carolina, was sentenced by United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle to 57 months imprisonment for unlawful possession of firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924., and to a consecutive sentence of 18 months imprisonment for violating his prior supervised release, followed by three years of supervised release.

On June 27, 2012 BOBBITT pled guilty to unlawful possession of firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924.  According to the indictment returned on April 18, 2012, BOBBITT was found in possession of a HiPoint 40 caliber handgun along with 40 caliber ammunition on January 12, 2012.

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.

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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