CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man, who previously pled guilty to drug and gun charges, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. In September 2018, Shawn Gilmore, 49, pled guilty to all four counts of an indictment charging him with two counts of possession with intent to deliver heroin, possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of firearms. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Charleston Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
“10 years. 10 years in federal prison," said United States Attorney Mike Stuart. “Gilmore had an extensive criminal history. He had guns. He was selling fentanyl laced heroin. Not the type of element we want to promote a thriving West Side community. We are working hard with our law enforcement partners to rid the West Side of people like Gilmore."
Gilmore admitted that on March 8, 2018, he met an informant on Charleston’s west side to sell him heroin. An officer with Charleston Police Department stopped Gilmore and seized ½ gram of heroin he intended to sell to the informant. Officers searched Gilmore’s residence in Charleston and recovered over 100 grams of heroin and two loaded handguns. Gilmore has two prior felony convictions.
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
