Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm Charges

St. Thomas, USVI –

D’mari Heyliger, 23, pleaded guilty Monday in District Court on

St. Thomas to Possession of a Firearm with an Obliterated Serial Number and

Possession of an Unlicensed Firearm, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe

announced. Sentencing is scheduled for January 11, 2016.

According to the plea agreement filed with the court, on December 20, 2013, a federal

search warrant was executed on Heyliger’s residence in St. Thomas and two firearms were

located in his bedroom. Both firearms had obliterated serial numbers, and Heyliger is not

authorized to possess a firearm in the Virgin Islands. Heyliger faces a maximum sentence of five

years in prison and a $250,000 fine for Possession of a Firearm with an Obliterated Serial

Number, and five years in prison and a $15,000 fine for Possession of an Unlicensed Firearm.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and

Explosives (ATF). It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Sigrid M. Tejo-Sprotte.