LARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Marquise Hicks, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
Hicks, 27, pled guilty to one count of “Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Offense" in November 2020. Hicks admitted to having a 9mm pistol while in possession of marijuana in August 2019 in Monongalia County.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda E. Wesley prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Monongalia County Probation Office investigated.
U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
