Mario Adonte Crawley, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, West Virginia 2023

Mario Adonte Crawley, a 51-year-old Washington, D.C. man with a history of violent crimes, has been convicted of illegally possessing a firearm in Berkeley County, West Virginia.

The evidence presented at trial revealed that Crawley’s vehicle was stopped by the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office in Kearneysville, West Virginia on September 2023. During the traffic stop, officers discovered a loaded 9mm handgun hidden in a laundry basket in the back of Crawley’s automobile.

Crawley is prohibited from possessing firearms due to prior felony convictions for Armed Robbery in the District of Columbia, Attempted Robbery in Petersburg, Virginia, and Receiving Stolen Property in Chesterfield County, Virginia.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Daniel Salem and Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Drug Enforcement Administration; and the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case.

Crawley faces up to fifteen years in prison when he is sentenced.

U.S. District Court Judge Gina M. Groh presided over the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndwv/pr/career-criminal-convicted-federal-firearms-charge