Kosciusko Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing a Stolen Firearm

Jackson, Miss. – Jermaine Griffin, 31, of Kosciusko, pled guilty on January 18, 2018, before United States District Judge Tom S. Lee, to knowingly possessing and selling a stolen firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

In September 2014, Griffin purchased a .40 caliber Smith & Wesson pistol from someone on the street, and later learned the man who sold him the gun had recently robbed Central Mississippi Firearms, a gun store in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Griffin then sold the stolen gun in Durant, Mississippi.

Griffin will be sentenced by Judge Lee on April 18, 2018, and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Case.