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Wheeling man sentenced for illegal possession of a firearm

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

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Jeffrey Moran, 45, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 37 months incarceration for illegally possessing a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.

Moran, who had previously been convicted of a felony offenses of drug possession in Ohio County and a misdemeanor conviction of domestic violence, is prohibited from possessing a firearm. He admitted to possessing a .22 caliber pistol, a 12-guage shotgun and a 20-guage shotgun in Ohio County, West Virginia in December 2016. 

Moran pled guilty to one count of “Unlawful Possession of a Firearm” in May 2017.

Assistant U.S. Attorney David J. Perri prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources investigated. 

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided. 

Updated July 20, 2017
Topic
Firearms Offenses
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

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