Oxford Man Sentenced to 60 Months for Illegally Possessing a Firearm and Ammunition
RALEIGH – Maurice Shawayne Harris, a/k/a “Gator”, 38, of Oxford, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
Harris was arrested in January 2018 after the Oxford Police Department attempted to make a traffic stop of a vehicle he was occupying, to investigate a report of shots fired in the area. Harris jumped and ran from the vehicle, and inside of that vehicle, officers recovered a box of .38 caliber ammunition. Officers traced Harris’s flight path and recovered a Taurus model .38 caliber revolver. Harris was later arrested by the Oxford Police Department.
The case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. Since 2017, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina has reinvigorated the PSN program and has targeted violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and the local community to develop effective, locally-based strategies to reduce violent crime.
This case is also part of the Take Back North Carolina Initiative of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina. This initiative emphasizes the regional assignment of federal prosecutors to work with law enforcement and District Attorney’s Offices on a sustained basis in those communities to reduce the violence crime rate, drug trafficking, and crimes against law enforcement.
The investigation of this case was conducted by the Oxford Police Department and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Assistant United States Attorney Robert J. Dodson prosecuted the case for the government.
Harris is a convicted felon and was prohibited from possessing a firearm. He has been in custody since his arrest in January 2018 and will begin serving his sentence immediately.
Mandatory Facts:
- Defendant: Maurice Shawayne Harris, a/k/a “Gator”
- Criminal Charges: Possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon
- City and State: Oxford, North Carolina
- Exact Date: January 2018 (arrest) and January 2, 2019 (sentencing)
- Sentence: 60 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release
Key Facts
- State: North Carolina
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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