Maryland man sentenced for firearms offense

Maryland man sentenced for firearms offense

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on May 3, 2021. It is reproduced in full below.

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Lemonte Green, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today to 60 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.

Green, 37, pled guilty to one count of “Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime" in September 2020. Green admitted to having a 9mm pistol while trafficking drugs in October 2019 in Berkeley County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated.

Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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