WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Tomez Faulkner, 38, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has admitted to unlawfully possessing a firearm.
According to court documents and police records, Ohio County Sheriff’s deputies checked on a driver who stopped on the side of Interstate 70 with hazard lights flashing. Deputies encountered Faulkner in the vehicle with a 9mm pistol. Faulkner is prohibited from having firearms due to prior drug and assault convictions.
Faulkner faces up to 15 years in federal prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Clayton Reid is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and the Ohio County Sheriff’s Office investigated.
U.S. Magistrate Judge James P. Mazzone presided.
