Gulfport, Miss - Carl Levon Haynes, 26, of Pascagoula, Mississippi, entered a guilty plea today before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of controlled substances, and to making a false statement on an ATF form to purchase a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Haynes will be sentenced by Judge Ozerden on March 18, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on the possession charge and 5 years in prison for the false statement. He further faces a fine of $250,000 along with 3 years of supervised release.
In May 2018, Jackson County Sheriff’s Department and ATF were conducting undercover purchases of drugs and guns. On May 23, Haynes sold a shotgun that had been stolen from a Pascagoula police car. Haynes admitted to regular use of marijuana and the purchase of a handgun in 2017 at which time he answered "No" to a question about whether he used marijuana or other illegal substances.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Annette Williams.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
