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Date: 10-03-2018
Case Style:
United States of America v. Zachary Morneault
Case Number: 1:18-cr-00140-NT
Judge: Nancy Torresen
Court: United States District Court for the District of Maine (Penobscot County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Joel B. Casey
Defendant's Attorney: Elizabeth Noble
Description:
Bangor, ME - Levant Man Pleads Guilty to Lying to Federal Firearms Dealer
Zachary Morneault, 34, of Levant, Maine, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to make false statements to a federal firearms licensee.
According to court records, in late February 2018, the defendant conspired with two others to lie to a Brewer federal firearms licensee in connection with the purchase of a .380 caliber handgun. In connection with that purchase, the defendant convinced Amy Bingaman to falsely represent that she was buying the handgun for herself, when, in fact, the actual buyer was another conspirator who was paying to make the purchase. The defendant drove Bingaman and the other conspirator to the firearms dealer and then directed Bingaman to purchase the handgun. The handgun was recovered during the execution of a narcotics trafficking search warrant in Brewer.
The defendant faces up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and up to three years of supervised release. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Brewer Police Department, with assistance provided by the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office. This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. Attorney General Jeff Sessions reinvigorated PSN in 2017 as part of the Department’s renewed focus on targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and the local community to develop effective, locally-based strategies to reduce violent crime.
Charge:
CONSPIRACY TO MAKE FALSE STATEMENT TO FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE, 18:371 AND 922(a)(6)
(1)
Outcome: 10/02/2018 50 WAIVER OF INDICTMENT by ZACHARY MORNEAULT (jwr) (Entered: 10/02/2018)
10/02/2018 51 INFORMATION as to ZACHARY MORNEAULT (2) count(s) 1. (jwr) (Entered: 10/02/2018)
10/02/2018 52 SYNOPSIS as to ZACHARY MORNEAULT (jwr) (Entered: 10/02/2018)
10/02/2018 54 PROSECUTION VERSION as to ZACHARY MORNEAULT (jwr) (Entered: 10/02/2018)
10/02/2018 55 PLEA AGREEMENT as to ZACHARY MORNEAULT (jwr) (Entered: 10/02/2018)
10/02/2018 59 Minute Entry for proceedings held before JUDGE NANCY TORRESEN: Waiver of Indictment signed and Arraignment held as to ZACHARY MORNEAULT (2) Count 1,Guilty Plea entered as to ZACHARY MORNEAULT (2) Count 1; Plea accepted Count 1, Same bail continued. (Court Reporter: Melissa Merenberg) (jwr) (Entered: 10/02/2018)
Guilty
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