A Man on Federal Supervised Release Sentenced for Gun Crime

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Charleston man was sentenced to federal prison for a gun crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  Herman Lee James, 46, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.  James was on federal supervised release at the time of the gun offense. The Court revoked his supervised release and ordered him to serve 18 months in prison to run concurrently with the 40 month term of imprisonment imposed for the gun crime.   

James admitted that he was found in possession of a Ruger P95 9 mm pistol near Piedmont and Slack Street in Charleston.  James has three prior drug convictions. 

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Charleston Police Department conducted the investigation.   United States District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin presided over the hearing.  Assistant United States Attorney Ryan A. Saunders is handling the prosecution.

This case is being prosecuted as part of the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts.  PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.

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