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Belmont County man sentenced for firearms violation

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Ricky Runner, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, was sentenced today to 51 months of incarceration for a firearms violation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Runner, age 34, pled guilty to one count of “Unlawful Possession of a Firearm” in November 2020. Runner, a person prohibited from having firearms, admitted to possessing a .40 caliber pistol in Marshall County in October 2018.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Danae DeMasi-Lemon prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated. 

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

Updated February 24, 2021
Topic
Firearms Offenses
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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