Wood County Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing Ammunition

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Wood County man pled guilty to illegally possessing ammunition, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  Robert Adams, 34, entered his guilty plea before Senior United States District Judge David Faber.  Adams was prohibited from possessing ammunition as a result of being convicted of burglary in Wood County. 

On July 23, 2017 Adams was stopped by an officer with the Parkersburg Police Department for a traffic violation.  Adams hid a shotgun shell in his pocket so the officers would not find it.  Officers subsequently recovered the shell from the holding cell where Adams was being held.

The Parkersburg Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated this case.  The sentencing hearing is set for November 4, 2019, before Judge Faber.

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.