Taylor County man sentenced for unlawful possession of a stolen firearm

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Taylor County man sentenced for unlawful possession of a stolen firearm

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on April 21, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Andrew Christopher Shaver, 23, of Grafton, West Virginia, was sentenced today in federal court to 12 months incarceration for a federal firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.

In November 2015, Shaver stole a 40 caliber firearm in Harrison County, West Virginia. He pled guilty in November 2016 to one count of “Possession of a Stolen Firearm."

Shaver’s sentence is to run consecutively to his current state sentence.

Assistant U.S. Attorney David J. Perri prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Taylor County Sheriff’s Department, and the Veteran Affairs Police Department investigated.

U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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