Former Gun Show Promoter Sentenced to Prison for Felon in Possession of Firearms and Ammunition
NEW BERN, N.C. – A Pamlico County man was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon.
Sherwood Watson Caraway, 62, was sentenced on August 24, 2021 by U.S. District Judge Louise W. Flanagan. Caraway was also fined $10,000 and ordered to forfeit all of his firearms and ammunition.
Caraway had previously been convicted in federal court for illegally dealing firearms without a license in 2005. Despite his conviction, he continued to operate gun shows in the area.
Investigation in 2016 and 2017 revealed that Caraway continued to possess multiple firearms in his home in Merritt, North Carolina. On September 2, 2017, detectives with the Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant on Caraway’s home. They located numerous rifles, shotguns, and handguns, along with thousands of rounds of ammunition.
Agents also searched a residence owned by Caraway’s daughter, where they seized another 33 firearms that had previously been kept at Caraway’s house. In total, the Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) seized over forty firearms.
After pleading guilty to these charges, Caraway sold his interest in the gun shows in 2020.
G. Norman Acker, III, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina made the announcement after sentencing. The Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office and ATF investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura S. Howard prosecuted the case.
Related Federal Cases
- Takobie Anderson, Federal Firearms Possession, North Carolina 2019 · North Carolina
- Ramsey Dean Lewis, Possession of Firearm by Convicted Felon, North Carolina 2013 · North Carolina
- Stephen W. Whitt, Felon in Possession of Firearms, OH 2024 · West Virginia
- Justin David Crenshaw, Ammunition Possession by Felon, SC 2016 · South Carolina
- Jesus Lepe, Felon in Possession of Stolen Firearms, California 2024 · California
Key Facts
- State: North Carolina
- Category: Weapons
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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