St. Thomas, USVI - Logan Cobell, 27, of St. Thomas, pleaded guilty on Sept. 14, 2016, in federal court to possession of a firearm in a school zone, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 17, 2017.
According to the plea agreement filed with the court, on March 20, 2016, the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) was dispatched to Fatty’s bar in Red Hook regarding a patron in possession of a firearm. Upon arrival, contact was made with the security officer who turned over to the VIPD a Taurus firearm that had been taken from Cobell. Cobell is not licensed in the District of the Virgin Islands to possess a firearm and his possession was within a 1000 feet of the Eudora Kean High School.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and VIPD. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sigrid Tejo-Sprotte.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
