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Ohio County man sentenced for illegal possession of firearms

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

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Mark A. Simmons, 46, of Wheeling Island, West Virginia, was sentenced today in federal court to 15 months incarceration for illegally possessing firearms, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.

Simmons, who had previously been convicted of the felony offense of “Failure to Register or Provide Notice of Registration” in Marshall County, admitted to possessing a Beretta pistol in Ohio County in November 2016. 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen L. Vogrin prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Wheeling Police Department investigated. 

Senior U.S. District Judge Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. presided. 

Updated March 13, 2017

Topic
Firearms Offenses