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Department of Justice

U.S. Attorney's Office
Northern District of Indiana

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Clifford D. Johnson
, United States Attorney
Contact: Ryan Holmes

Fort Wayne Man Sentenced To 30 Months

FORT WAYNE – The Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Clifford D. Johnson, announces that Kenneth Frierson, 25, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before Chief District Court Judge Theresa Springmann following his guilty plea to count two of the indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
 
Frierson was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment and 1 year of supervised release.
 
According to documents in this case, Frierson possessed a firearm between April 12 and 18, 2016 after being a convicted felon, that conviction being a prior felony conviction in Allen County Superior Court, Fort Wayne, Indiana on September 28, 2011 for dealing Marijuana. 
 
This investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.  This case was handled by Assistant United States Attorney Stacey R. Speith.
 
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