Two Men Charged with Federal Firearms Violations

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Two men have been charged with federal firearms violations in North Central West Virginia.

Wesley Shane Haggerty, age 35, of Cabins, West Virginia, was indicted for unlawful possession of a firearm. According to court documents, Haggerty was previously convicted of multiple domestic violence, burglary, and drug charges, prohibiting him from having firearms. He was arrested in Pendleton County and found in possession of a .25 caliber pistol.

James Douglas Lambert, age 35, of Moorefield, West Virginia, was indicted for unlawful possession of firearms. According to the indictment, Lambert is prohibited from having firearms because he was previously convicted of breaking and entering, escape, and domestic battery in Grant and Hardy Counties. Lambert possessed seven firearms at a residence in Grant County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Warner is prosecuting the cases on behalf of the government.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives investigated the cases. The Pendleton County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the Haggerty case.

Indictments are merely allegations, and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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