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Harrisburg man pleads guilty to illegal possession of gun

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Harrisburg man has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm according to a release from United States Attorney Peter...
GUILTY PLEA

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Harrisburg man has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm according to a release from United States Attorney Peter J. Smith. Shaun L. Graves, 33, entered a guilty plea today to the charge before Senior U.S. District Court Judge William Caldwell in Harrisburg. The plea was conditional so that Graves can appeal Judge Caldwell’s December 2, 2015 denial of his motion to suppress the firearm to the U.S. Court of Appeals.

Graves was arrested by Harrisburg Police on October 16, 2014, in South Harrisburg. Graves was in possession of a loaded Bersa .380 caliber semi-automatic pistol with an obliterated serial number.

This case is part of the Violent Crime Reduction Partnership (“VCRP”), a district-wide initiative to combat the spread of violent crime in the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Led by the United States Attorney’s Office, the VCRP consists of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies whose mission is to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who commit violent crimes.

Graves could be looking at a long sentence. The maximum penalty for the felon in possession charge is life imprisonment. The maximum term of imprisonment for the obliterated serial number charge is five years imprisonment.

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