Parkersburg man sentenced to prison for federal gun crime

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CHARLESTON — A Parkersburg man was sentenced last week to three years in prison on a federal gun charge.
Christian Elliott, 21, of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty in September to a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia, court documents and statements indicate Elliott’s residence was searched on April 2 as a condition of his probation for an offense committed in Ohio. The search revealed a loaded Glock model 43X 9mm pistol, a loaded Diamondback firearms model DB-15 multi-caliber pistol, a loaded Glock model 29SF 10mm pistol, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, scales and $6,717 in the residence.
Elliott told investigators he possessed the firearms for protection while selling marijuana, the release said.
Federal law prohibits a person with a prior felony conviction from possessing a firearm or ammunition. Elliott had been convicted of a felony charge of failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer in Lucas County, Ohio, Court of Common Pleas in 2022.
U.S. Attorney Will Thompson made the announcement and commended the investigative work of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger imposed the sentence. Assistant U.S. Attorney JC MacCallum and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Troy D. Adams prosecuted the case.