ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the guilty plea of a Roanoke man to a federal firearms charge.
Pierce Yarnell Brown, 38, of Roanoke, Va., pled guilty last week in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke to one count of being a previously convicted felon illegally in possession of a firearm.
“The key to keeping the public safe it to take guns out of the hands of prohibited users like Mr. Brown," United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. said today. “We will continue to work to get illegal guns out of the communities of the Western District of Virginia."
The investigation of the case was conducted by the Roanoke City Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant United States Attorney Andrew Bassford prosecuted the case for the United States.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
