Marion County man sentenced for firearms charge

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Marion County man sentenced for firearms charge

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Feb. 23. It is reproduced in full below.

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jackson Skye Yeager, of Farmington, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 46 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

Yeager, 28, pleaded guilty in September 2021 to one count of “Unlawful Possession of a Firearm." Yeager, a person prohibited from having firearms because of a domestic violence conviction, admitted to having a.40 caliber semi-automatic pistol in February 2020 in Marion County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon S. Flower prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives and Fairmont Police Department investigated.

U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.

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

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