ALBANY, Ga.—A federal jury delivered a guilty verdict against Eric Tollefson, 63, for illegal possession of firearms by a prohibited person in the first criminal jury trial conducted in the Middle District of Georgia since the COVID-19 pandemic jury trial restrictions lifted in May 2021.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, law enforcement agents traveled to Tollefson’s Albany home on November 2, 2018, to arrest him on a narcotics case indictment from Virginia. Upon entering the residence, agents observed a number of firearms in plain view.
Tollefson was in illegal possession of a total of eleven firearms: nine rifles, a pistol, and a shotgun. At the time he possessed the 11 guns, Tollefson was a multiple-time convicted felon, to include a previous conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Tollefson faces a maximum ten years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is scheduled for August 24, 2021. U.S. District Judge Leslie Gardner is presiding over the case.
The FBI investigated the case with assistance from ATF, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Albany Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Leah McEwen is prosecuting the case.
‘It is significant that a jury trial for a criminal case was successfully and safely accomplished in the Middle District of Georgia as the legal community works to return to pre-COVID, in-person gatherings,’ said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. ‘I want to commend everyone involved in the trial for helping to ensure that justice was fairly and safely delivered.’
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Key Facts
- State: Georgia
- Category: Weapons
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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