Charleston man sentenced for firearms charge

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WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Jalin Tyref Mcarn, of Charleston, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

Mcarn, 28, pleaded guilty in January 2022 to one count of “Unlawful Possession of a Firearm.” Mcarn, a person prohibited from having firearms because of a prior conviction, admitted to having a semi-automatic pistol in June 2021 in Tyler County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Clayton J. Reid prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Sistersville Police Department investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

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