Department of Justice
For Immediate Release
Six-Time Felon Convicted of Possessing a Firearm in Milwaukee
Gregory J. Haanstad, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on January 16, 2018, a jury found Adrian Harper (age 39), of Milwaukee, guilty of illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
On July 3, 2017, Harper was found in possession of a fully loaded Smith & Wesson M&P9 Shield 9mm pistol. Harper had been previously convicted of five felonies in cases that stretch back to the early 1990s. Most recently, in 2010, Harper was convicted in federal court of possession of a firearm while shooting a gun into the air with a crowd of people nearby.
On April 13, 2018, Judge Adelman is scheduled to sentence Harper for his most recent unlawful possession of a firearm. Harper faces a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years, a maximum term of supervised release of three years, and a maximum fine of $250,000.
The case was investigated by the Milwaukee Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Keith Alexander and Benjamin Taibleson.
For additional information contact:
Acting Public Information Officer Elizabeth Makowski
Assistant United States Attorney Keith Alexander
Assistant United States Attorney Benjamin Taibleson
414-297-1700
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