CHARLESTON, WV—A Parkersburg man previously convicted of manufacturing a controlled substance pleaded guilty today to a federal gun crime, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Alan Keith Philpott, 46, pleaded guilty to possessing 26 firearms in spite of his status as a convicted felon. Philpott offered his guilty plea before United States District Judge Thomas E. Johnston.
On November 1, 2012 and March 21, 2013, police executed search warrants at Philpott’s residence on Elm Tree Drive near Parkersburg. During the first search, police seized approximately 22 firearms. During the second search warrant, police seized an additional four firearms. Philpott had been previously convicted in December 2006 in the Circuit Court of Wood County of the felony offense of manufacturing a controlled substance.
Philpott faces up to 10 years in federal prison when he is sentenced on May 15, 2014, at 10:00 a.m.
The West Virginia State Police, Parkersburg Police Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted the investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Joshua Hanks is in charge of the prosecution.
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Utah Man Pleads Guilty to Idaho Drug Charge
POCATELLO—Fernando Garcia, 31, of Logan, Utah, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
According to the plea agreement, on April 22, 2011, Garcia arranged to sell and subsequently delivered cocaine to another individual in Idaho Falls, Idaho, for $1,150. Garcia admitted knowing the substance he was distributing was cocaine.
Garcia is scheduled to be sentenced on November 19, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Pocatello. He faces up to 20 years in prison, a maximum fine of $1 million, and at least three years of supervised release.
Two co-defendants, Josue Rodriguez-Sanchez and Julian Vega-Valdez, both 25 and of Idaho Falls, pleaded guilty on August 14, 2013, to related drug charges. Sentencing is set for November 18, 2013.
The charges are the result of an investigation by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), including the Idaho State Police, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office, Idaho Falls Police Department, Madison County Sheriff’s Office, Rexburg Police Department, Bingham County Sheriff’s Office, Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Other federal agencies participating in the OCDETF program include the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Marshals Service.
The OCDETF program is a federal multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional task force that supplies supplemental federal funding to federal and state agencies involved in the identification, investigation, and prosecution of major drug trafficking organizations.
According to the plea agreement, on April 22, 2011, Garcia arranged to sell and subsequently delivered cocaine to another individual in Idaho Falls, Idaho, for $1,150. Garcia admitted knowing the substance he was distributing was cocaine.
Garcia is scheduled to be sentenced on November 19, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Pocatello. He faces up to 20 years in prison, a maximum fine of $1 million, and at least three years of supervised release.
Two co-defendants, Josue Rodriguez-Sanchez and Julian Vega-Valdez, both 25 and of Idaho Falls, pleaded guilty on August 14, 2013, to related drug charges. Sentencing is set for November 18, 2013.
The charges are the result of an investigation by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), including the Idaho State Police, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office, Idaho Falls Police Department, Madison County Sheriff’s Office, Rexburg Police Department, Bingham County Sheriff’s Office, Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Other federal agencies participating in the OCDETF program include the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Marshals Service.
The OCDETF program is a federal multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional task force that supplies supplemental federal funding to federal and state agencies involved in the identification, investigation, and prosecution of major drug trafficking organizations.
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