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Harrison County man sentenced for firearms charge

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

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Jonathan Michael Smith, of Lumberport, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 27 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. 

Smith, 36, pled guilty to one count of “Unlawful Possession of a Firearm” in August 2020. Smith, a person prohibited from having firearms because of a prior conviction, admitted to having a .22 caliber revolver in June 2019 in Harrison County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah E. Wagner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives and the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office investigated.

U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.

Updated January 25, 2021
Topic
Firearms Offenses
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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