Levant Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of a Firearm
Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Damian A. Ouellette, 26, of Levant, Maine pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
According to court records, on November 2, 2018, deputies responded to a report of domestic violence at the defendant’s Levant residence where they recovered a 9mm pistol that he hid in a bin of clothes in his bedroom. The defendant was prohibited from possessing the firearm because he had three prior felony convictions for robbery and/or theft.
He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.
The case was investigated by the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and prosecuted as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN). PSN is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.
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