Marves Fairley, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Mississippi 2020

Hattiesburg, Miss. – In a move aimed at making the streets of Mississippi safer, a local man has been sentenced to prison for his involvement in a violent crime. Marves Fairley, 34, of Jefferson Davis County, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Fairley was previously convicted of felonious possession of a controlled substance. On October 16, 2019, while executing a search warrant at Fairley’s house, law enforcement found a firearm. This discovery led to Fairley’s indictment by a federal grand jury on November 19, 2019.

He pled guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett on January 30, 2020. As a result of his conviction, Fairley was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.

The case is part of Project EJECT, an initiative by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi under the U.S. Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods and Project Guardian. EJECT is a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach to fighting and reducing violent crime through prosecution, prevention, re-entry and awareness.

Fairley was found to be in possession of a firearm after a search warrant was executed at his residence on October 16, 2019. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics investigated the case. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Andrew W. Eichner.

Marves Fairley, a 34-year-old resident of Jefferson Davis County, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The crime was discovered on October 16, 2019, when law enforcement executed a search warrant at Fairley’s house and found a firearm. He was previously convicted of felonious possession of a controlled substance.

Project EJECT is an initiative by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi to reduce violent crime through prosecution, prevention, re-entry and awareness. The case is part of this initiative, which aims to make Mississippi safer by fighting and reducing violent crime.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Fairley was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine. The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics.

Marves Fairley, a resident of Jefferson Davis County, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was previously convicted of felonious possession of a controlled substance and was found to be in possession of a firearm on October 16, 2019.

Fairley was indicted by a federal grand jury on November 19, 2019, and pled guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett on January 30, 2020. He was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine as part of his sentence.

Marves Fairley, a 34-year-old resident of Jefferson Davis County, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The crime was discovered on October 16, 2019, when law enforcement executed a search warrant at Fairley’s house and found a firearm.

Fairley was previously convicted of felonious possession of a controlled substance and was found to be in possession of a firearm. He was indicted by a federal grand jury on November 19, 2019, and pled guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett on January 30, 2020.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdms/pr/jefferson-davis-county-man-sentenced-one-year-prison-felon-possession-firearm-under