Michael Crockett, Jr., Firearms Possession, Maine 2018

Buxton Man Sentenced to 70 Months for Illegal Gun Possession

A 35-year-old Buxton man has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for possessing a firearm despite a felony conviction, according to the United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank.

Michael Crockett, Jr. was sentenced on [no date] to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a felon, a crime he pleaded guilty to on March 11, 2019.

The incident occurred on April 1, 2018, when Crockett possessed and discharged a nine millimeter pistol in the direction of an occupied vehicle parked in his driveway in Buxton. A 15-year-old minor female, who was standing outside the vehicle at the time, reported that she had been in an abusive and sexual relationship with Crockett since she was 14 years old.

Crockett’s possession of a firearm was prohibited under federal law due to his 2006 felony conviction for drug trafficking in the York County Superior Court in Alfred. Several witnesses reported having regularly seen Crockett with a firearm, including one who said he used it to threaten her.

In imposing the sentence, Judge George Z. Singal varied upward from the applicable guideline range of 46–57 months, noting that the defendant had engaged in numerous examples of uncontrollable behavior and was unable to abide by the law.

This case was investigated by the Buxton and Kittery Police Departments, the York County District Attorney’s Office, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and prosecuted as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the government’s violent crime reduction efforts.

Project Safe Neighborhoods works with a broad spectrum of stakeholders to identify and address the most pressing violent crime problems in the community. Through this strategy, law enforcement focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.

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