Cross Lanes felon sentenced to federal prison for gun crime

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Cross Lanes man was sentenced today to four years and nine months in federal prison for a gun charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Fred Wallace Hammon, Jr., 36, previously pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Hammon admitted that on September 1, 2016, he possessed a Remington, Model 742 Woodsmaster, .30-06 caliber rifle. Hammon was prohibited from possessing any firearm under federal law because of felony convictions in Kanawha County Circuit Court in 2000 for two counts of aggravated robbery and in 2011 for wanton endangerment, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possessing a firearm on the grounds of an educational facility.

The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office, the Charleston Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conducted the investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Clint Carte is responsible for the prosecution. United States District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin imposed the sentence.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods. Project Safe Neighborhoods is a nationwide commitment to reduce gun crime in the United States by networking existing local programs targeting gun crime.

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