WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Martin Anderson, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months incarceration for a firearms violation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
Anderson, age 31, pled guilty to one count of “Unlawful Possession of a Firearm" in October 2019. Anderson, a person prohibited from having firearms, is accused of possessing a.223 caliber rifle and two.22 caliber rifles in Wetzel County in June 2018.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN). Project Safe Neighborhoods 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.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn M. Adkins prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated.
U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
