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Press Release

Dunbar felon sentenced to federal prison for gun crime

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

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Dunbar felon who possessed a firearm in February 2017 was sentenced today to three years and four months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Amanda Renee Taylor, 40, previously pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended the investigation of the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.

 

On February 7, 2017, Taylor possessed two firearms, a Lorcin .380 caliber pistol and a High Standard .22 caliber revolver, when she was arrested for stealing mail. Taylor admitted that she stole the mail and possessed methamphetamine and counterfeit United States currency found when she was arrested. Taylor was prohibited from possessing any firearms under federal law because of a 2009 felony drug conviction in Kanawha County Circuit Court.

 

Assistant United States Attorney Meredith George Thomas is in charge of the prosecution. United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers 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 with existing local programs targeting gun crime.

 

Updated January 16, 2018

Topics
Firearms Offenses
Project Safe Neighborhoods