Ohio County man sentenced to 10 years for firearm charge

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Marius Brown, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months incarceration for a firearm charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Brown, age 40, was found guilty of one count of “Unlawful Possession of a Firearm” after a bench trial in February 2020. Brown, having previously been convicted of a felony, possessed a .40 pistol in Ohio County in October 2017.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen L. Vogrin prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. 
 
U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.