CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Dunbar man was sentenced today after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Kenneth Stover, 43, was sentenced to 34 months in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT).
On Aug. 31, 2017 detectives from MDENT searched Stover’s 18th Street residence in Dunbar as a result of citizen complaints of drug activity. The officers seized two firearms hidden underneath the comforter in Stover’s bedroom. Stover was prohibited from possessing the firearms due to a 2004 felony conviction in Putnam County of conspiracy to operate a clandestine drug laboratory.
United States District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin imposed the sentence. Assistant United States Attorney Joshua C. Hanks handled the prosecution.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
