Wheeling man sentenced for firearms charge

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Mark L. Flint, II, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 51 months of incarceration a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.

Flint, age 35, of Wheeling, pled guilty to one count of “Unlawful Possession of a Firearm” in January 2021. Flint, who is prohibited from having a firearm, admitted to having a .40 semi-automatic pistol in May 2020 in Ohio County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Danae DeMasi-Lemon prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Wheeling Police Department investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.