WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Tricia Renee Thames, 36, a Wheeling, West Virginia native currently residing in Swedesboro, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for unlawful possession of firearms, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
Thames pled guilty in January 2016 to an Information charging her with one count of “Felon in Possession of a Firearm." Thames, who has a felony conviction for “Manslaughter" from the State of Oklahoma, was discovered to be in possession of a.357 caliber revolver and a.22 caliber pistol in Ohio County, West Virginia in 2015.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David J. Perri prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated.
Senior U.S. District Judge Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
