Repeat Gun Offender Sentenced For Selling Guns Illegally

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kwesi Noble, 25, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to serve 87 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Katelyn Hartford, who handled the case, stated that Noble illegally sold three firearms, two of which were loaded, to an individual in exchange for money in July 2019. The defendant was armed with a fourth gun, a loaded 9mm handgun, at the time of his arrest, which he threw over a fence as he fled from police. 

Noble was previously convicted in March 2013 for Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, and as a result is legally prohibited from possessing firearms. 

The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge John B. Devito, New York Field Division, and the Rochester Police Department, under the direction of Chief La’Ron Singletary.

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