WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Kevin Ray Morgan, 40, of Paden City, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for unlawful possession of firearms, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
Morgan, who has a previous felony conviction in Tyler County, was discovered in unlawful possession of two firearms in October 2015 in Tyler County. Morgan was convicted of “Failure to Appear" in the Circuit Court of Tyler County. He pled guilty in February 2016 to one count of “Felon in Possession of a Firearm."
Assistant U.S. Attorney David Perri prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Tyler County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated.
U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
