Jackson, Miss. - Jermaine Griffin, 31, of Kosciusko, pled guilty on Jan. 18, 2018, before United States District Judge Tom S. Lee, to knowingly possessing and selling a stolen firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
In September 2014, Griffin purchased a.40 caliber Smith & Wesson pistol from someone on the street, and later learned the man who sold him the gun had recently robbed Central Mississippi Firearms, a gun store in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Griffin then sold the stolen gun in Durant, Mississippi.
Griffin will be sentenced by Judge Lee on April 18, 2018, and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
