31-05-2025
Grant County man sentenced to 10-year federal prison term
ELKINS, — Cabins resident Wesley Shane Haggerty, 37, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in federal prison for the unlawful possession of a firearm, according to the Office of the U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of West Virginia.
According to court documents, Pendleton County sheriff's deputies were called to a disturbance involving a firearm. When officers arrived at the home, Haggerty was arrested after a short foot pursuit. Haggerty had a pistol and is prohibited from having firearms because of seven prior felony convictions and two misdemeanor domestic battery convictions.
Haggerty will serve three years' of supervised release following his prison sentence.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Pendleton County Sheriff's Office investigated.
