{"id":30640,"date":"2015-10-28T23:27:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T23:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=30640"},"modified":"2015-10-28T23:27:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T23:27:21","slug":"convicted-felon-caught-with-three-firearms-facing-ten-years-in-federal-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=30640","title":{"rendered":"Convicted Felon Caught With Three Firearms Facing Ten Years In Federal Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. THOMAS &#8212; Today, Michael A. Lewis, 36, pleaded\u00a0guilty in District Court here to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon,\u00a0United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced via press release today.<\/p>\n<p>According to the plea agreement filed with the court, on June 23, 2015, Virgin Islands\u00a0Police Department (VIPD) officers attempted to conduct a field interview with Lewis who took\u00a0off running from the officers. As Lewis was running from VIPD officers, a butt of a firearm was\u00a0seen protruding from his front right pants\u2019 pocket. Lewis was later apprehended in a residence\u00a0where he discarded three firearms.<\/p>\n<p>VIPD officers recovered the firearms. Lewis is a convicted\u00a0felon and not authorized to possess a firearm. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison\u00a0and a $250,000 fine.\u00a0Sentencing is scheduled for March 3,\u00a02016.<\/p>\n<p>This case is the result of a joint investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,\u00a0Firearms and Explosives and the VIPD. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States \u00a0Attorney Sigrid M. Tejo-Sprotte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. THOMAS &#8212; Today, Michael A. Lewis, 36, pleaded\u00a0guilty in District Court here to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon,\u00a0United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced via press release today. According to the plea agreement filed with the court, on June 23, 2015, Virgin Islands\u00a0Police Department (VIPD) officers attempted to conduct a field [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[191,147],"tags":[2780,3694,380],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Convicted Felon Caught With Three Firearms Facing Ten Years In Federal Prison - V.I. 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