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Harrison County man sentenced for firearm charge

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

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Jason Garcia Cano, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 27 months incarceration for a firearm charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Cano, age 42, pled guilty to one count of “Unlawful Possession of a Firearm” in October 2017.  Cano, having been previously convicted of a felony in the 426th District Court in Bell County, Texas, admitted to possessing a .22 caliber revolver in Harrison County in October 2016.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Traci M. Cook prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Greater Harrison Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated. 

Senior U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.

Updated February 12, 2018

Topic
Firearms Offenses