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Wheeling man sentenced for a firearms charge

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

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Randolph Michael Smith, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced to 92 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

Smith, 42, pleaded guilty in August 2021 to one count of “Unlawful Possession of a Firearm.” Smith, a person prohibited from having firearms because of prior convictions, admitted to having a 9mm semi-automatic pistol in August 2020 in Ohio County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Clayton J. Reid prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives and the Wheeling Police Department investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

 

Updated January 26, 2022
Topic
Firearms Offenses
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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