WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Brandon S. Moore, 24, of New
Cumberland, West Virginia, was sentenced to 63 months in prison for unlawfully
possessing a stolen firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II,
announced.
In June 2015, Moore stole a .40 caliber pistol from a
residence in Brooke County, West Virginia. He pled guilty in June 2016 to one
count of “Possession of a Stolen Firearm.”
“This case reflects the connections between firearms
traffickers and drug traffickers, which threaten public safety and endanger law
enforcement officers,” said Stuart L. Lowrey, Special Agent in Charge of the
Louisville Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and
Explosives. “We will continue to work aggressively with the West Virginia State
Police and local police agencies to identify illicit traffickers, disarm
violent offenders and interdict stolen and unlawfully possessed firearms.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard prosecuted the
cases on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,
and Explosives, the West Virginia State Police, the Brooke County Sheriff’s
Office, and the Weirton Police Department investigated.
U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.
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