Wheeling Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Firearms Charge

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Shawn Brookins, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

Brookins, 37, pleaded guilty in March 2022 to one count of "Possession of a Stolen Firearm." Brookins admitted to having a 9mm Smith and Wesson firearm that had been stolen in June 2019 in Ohio County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer T. Conklin prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives and the Wheeling Police Department investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.