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Jefferson County man convicted of firearms charge

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

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – A Charles Town, West Virginia man was convicted today of a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.

Terry Edwards, age 37, pled guilty to one count of “Unlawful Possession of a Firearm.” Edwards, having previously convicted of a felony in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, admitted to possessing two pistols and a rifle in March 2017 in Jefferson County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Anna Z. Krasinski prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Charles Town Police Department investigated. 

U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert W. Trumble presided.
 

Updated July 6, 2017
Topic
Firearms Offenses
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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