Wheeling man sentenced for a firearms charge

Wheeling man sentenced for a firearms charge

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Jan. 26. It is reproduced in full below.

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Randolph Michael Smith, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced to 92 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

Smith, 42, pleaded guilty in August 2021 to one count of “Unlawful Possession of a Firearm." Smith, a person prohibited from having firearms because of prior convictions, admitted to having a 9mm semi-automatic pistol in August 2020 in Ohio County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Clayton J. Reid prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives and the Wheeling Police Department investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

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

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