Massachusetts Man Indicted for Illegal Firearm Possession

Donald Feith, the acting United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, announced on July 24, 2015, that a federal grand jury in Concord has returned a one-count indictment charging Jeremy Robinson, 26, of Hyannis, MA, with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

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The indictment was returned on July 1, 2015, according to a press statement, and Robinson was arraigned yesterday in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrea Johnstone, where he entered a plea of not guilty.

According to the indictment and other statements made in court, Robinson travelled to New Hampshire in November 2014 and possessed an H&K 9mm pistol and ammunition manufactured by Fiocchi. At the time, Robinson was prohibited from possessing a firearm as a result of a prior felony conviction.

Trial has been scheduled to take place in September. If convicted, Robinson faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years and a fine of up to $250,000.

Feith, in a statement, stressed that an indictment is not evidence of guilt. Charges are only allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The matter was being jointly investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, the Barnstable Police Department, and the Barnstable Sheriff’s Office. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles L. Rombeau.

Back in 2013, Robinson was arrested on gun and ammo charges, along with others, following a heroin investigation in that community, according to a post on Patch. At the time, Robinson was under indictment on a drug dealing charge, second offense, in Barnstable Superior Court. In 2010, according to the Cape Cod Times, he was reportedly involved in a shooting in Hyannis.

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