A convicted felon from the Washington, D.C. area has been convicted of unlawfully possessing a firearm in West Virginia.
Sean Anthony Nalle, 30, of Washington, D.C., entered a guilty plea to pawning a semiautomatic pistol at Carl’s Pawn Shop on Dudley Avenue in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
The firearm was discovered to have been pawned at the pawn shop on an unknown date, however, the plea was entered on June 2015.
Nalle was prohibited from possessing the firearm due to prior federal drug trafficking convictions in the District of Columbia in 2006 and 2009.
As a result of his guilty plea, Nalle faces up to ten years in federal prison and is scheduled to be sentenced on June 23, 2015.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Parkersburg Police Department conducted the investigation into the case.
Assistant United States Attorney Joshua C. Hanks is in charge of the prosecution, which is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a nationwide commitment to reduce gun crime in the United States by networking existing local programs targeting gun crime.
Nalle, who is a convicted felon, was prohibited from possessing the firearm due to his prior federal drug trafficking convictions.
Related Federal Cases
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- Brandon Lee Woodrum, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, West Virginia 2022 · District of Columbia
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Key Facts
- State: West Virginia
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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