Press Release
☷Prior Felon Going to Prison for Possessing a Gun and Ammunition
Federal Bureau of Investigation ( By Press Release office)
Apr 28,2022
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Prior Felon Going To Prison For Possessing A Gun And Ammunition CONTACT: Barbara BurnsPHONE: ( 716 ) 843 - 5817FAX #: ( 716 ) 551 - 3051BUFFALO , N . Y . —U . S . Attorney Trini E . Ross announced today that Marco Sweat , 41 , of Buffalo , NY , who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition , was sentenced to serve 21 months in prison by U . S . District Judge Lawrence J . Vilardo . Assistant U . S . Attorney Meghan E . Leydecker , who handled the case , stated that on June 9 , 2019 , the FBI Safe Streets Task Force , Buffalo Police Department , and the Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms , and Explosives , executed a search warrant at Sweat’s residence on Langfield Drive in Buffalo . During the search , investigators seized three firearms and 125 rounds of ammunition . Sweat , having previously been convicted in Erie County Court of Attempted Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree , Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fifth Degree , and Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fifth Degree , is legally prohibited from possessing a firearm and ammunition . The sentencing is result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Safe Streets Task Force , under the direction of Special Agent - in - Charge Stephen Belongia; the Buffalo Police Department , under the direction of Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia; and Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms , and Explosives , under the direction of Special Agent - in - Charge John B . DeVito , New York Field Division . # # # #
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