CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that a Charleston man was sentenced today in federal court in Charleston to five years in prison for carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking offense. James Philip Daugherty, 20, previously entered a guilty plea to carrying a loaded Ruger semi-automatic pistol on January 9, 2015, while he possessed crack cocaine that he intended to distribute in and around Charleston, West Virginia.
The investigation was conducted by the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Rada Herrald was in charge of the prosecution.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods. Project Safe Neighborhoods is a nationwide commitment to reduce gun crime in the United States by networking existing local programs targeting gun crime.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
