Monday, May 03, 2021

Maryland man sentenced for firearms offense

 MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Lemonte Green, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today to 60 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.

Green, 37, pled guilty to one count of “Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime” in September 2020. Green admitted to having a 9mm pistol while trafficking drugs in October 2019 in Berkeley County. 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated.

Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.

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