Maryland man sentenced for making an illegal gun

Maryland man sentenced for making an illegal gun

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Nov. 1, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ian Nigel Page, 44, of Crownsville, Maryland, was sentenced today to 51 months incarceration for making an unlawful firearm, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.

Page pled guilty to one count of “Making an Unlawful Firearm" in June 2017. Page admitted to cutting the barrel of a Remington 12-gauge shotgun to less than 18 inches in Preston County, West Virginia in May 2015.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Traci M. Cook prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Preston County Sheriff’s Office investigated.

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

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

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