ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Steven Michael Hawley, 29, of Moorefield, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
Hawley, who was previously convicted of “Unlawful Assault" in Hardy County, West Virginia, was discovered to be in possession of a.40 caliber pistol last year in Grant County, WV. Hawley pled guilty in May 2016 to one count of “Felon in Possession of a Firearm."
Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul T. Camilletti prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. 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
