Roanoke Man Sentenced on Drug, Gun Charges

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA – United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the sentencing of a Roanoke man who previously pled guilty in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke to federal drug and gun charges.

Thomas Sidney Draper, 52, of Roanoke, Va., previously pled guilty to one count of possessing with the intent to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base and one count of being a previously convicted felon illegally in possession of a firearm. Today in District Court, Draper was sentenced to 121 months of federal incarceration and five years of supervised release thereafter. 

“The United States Attorney’s Office will continue to be vigilant in our mission to keep illegal guns and drugs off the streets of the Western District of Virginia,” United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. said today.

The investigation of the case was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.  Assistant United States Attorney Charlene R. Day prosecuted the case for the United States.