Federal Grand Jury Indicts Louisville Man on Firearm Charge

Louisville, KY – A federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky returned an indictment on November 16, 2022, charging a local man with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge R. Shawn Morrow of the ATF Louisville Field Division, and Chief Richard Sanders of the Jeffersontown Police Department made the announcement.

According to court documents, between June 13, 2020, and January 1, 2021, Ayub Hussein, 23, possessed a handgun after having previously been convicted in 2019 of unlawful possession of a weapon on school property, a felony.

Hussein made his initial court appearance yesterday before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. There is no parole in the federal system.

The ATF and the Jeffersontown Police Department are investigating the case.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Lantz is prosecuting the case.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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