Barbour County sentenced for illegal possession of firearms

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Barbour County sentenced for illegal possession of firearms

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on May 16, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Roy Thomas Schroeder, 46, of Volga, West Virginia, was sentenced to 18 months incarceration for illegally possessing firearms, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.

Schroeder admitted to possessing two.22 caliber revolvers and a.22 caliber rifle after a protective order had been issued against him by the Barbour County Magistrate Court. He pled guilty to one count of “Unlawful Possession of a Firearm" in January 2016.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen D. Warner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the West Virginia State Police, and the Barbour County Sheriff’s Office investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

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

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