Jackson, Miss. –
Bernard Lavon Woofter, 43, of Jackson, pled guilty today before Chief
U.S. District Court Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to being a convicted felon in
possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A.
Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in
Mississippi.
On February 13, 2018, Woofter was arrested by an officer
with the Jackson Police Department following a pat down search wherein the
officer discovered he was carrying a Rossi .38 Special revolver in his
waistband. Woofter had previously been
convicted of felony theft in Knox County, Tennessee.
Woofter will be sentenced by Judge Jordan on November 22,
2019 at 9:00 a.m. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a
$250,000 fine.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the Jackson Police Department. It is being prosecuted by
Assistant United States Attorney Kimberly T. Purdie.
This case is part of Project EJECT, an initiative by the
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi under the U.S.
Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN). EJECT is a holistic,
multi-disciplinary approach to fighting and reducing violent crime through
prosecution, prevention, re-entry and awareness. EJECT stands for "Empower
Justice Expel Crime Together." PSN is bringing together all levels of law
enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our
neighborhoods safer for everyone. Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions
reinvigorated PSN in 2017 as part of the Department’s renewed focus on
targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in
partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and the
local community to develop effective, locally-based strategies to reduce
violent crime.
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