SOUTH BEND - Nehemiah Felders, age 29, of South Bend, Indiana was convicted on a single count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
U.S. District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr, presided over this two-day jury trial.
According to evidence presented at trial, on Nov. 2, 2017, Felders possessed a firearm after being convicted of a felony offense. Felders was present in a house when officers from the Indiana State Police executed a search warrant for drugs. A firearm was found near Felders and he confessed to the officers that the firearm belonged to him. He stipulated that he had previously been convicted of a felony.
Mr. Felders’s sentencing is set for Aug. 26, 2019.
The case was investigated by the ATF and the Indiana State Police. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Frank Schaffer.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
