CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Two Harrison County residents were sentenced in federal court Monday for unlawful possession of firearms.
Wade Highland, 45, of Lost Creek, received 57 months in prison.
He was previously convicted in February 2009 of Grand Larceny in the Circuit Court of Harrison County and was therefore prohibited from possessing firearms.
However, in August 2014, Highland was discovered in unlawful possession of thirteen firearms and pleaded guilty in May to one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case.
Darius Henning, 24, of Clarksburg, was previously convicted in January 2011 of First Degree Robbery in the Circuit Court of Harrison County and was prohibited from possessing firearms.
He was discovered in January 2015 in possession of a stolen .45 caliber pistol in Harrison County and pleaded guilty in May 2015 to one count of Felon in Possession of Firearm and one count of Possession of Stolen Firearm.
He was sentenced to 63 months in prison on each count, which will run concurrently for a total of 63 months of incarceration.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Clarksburg Police Department investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda Wesley prosecuted Highland and Wesley and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Morgan prosecuted Henning on behalf of the government.
U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.