BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) -- A man from Raleigh County was sentenced for a federal gun crime.

According to a press release from the United States Department of Justice, 34-year-old Ryan H. Guerrant, of Beckley, was sentenced on Thursday, September 11, 2025 to three years and ten months in prison, followed by three years of parole, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The press release stated that according to court documents, Guerrant had a handgun in his possession at a house in the Beckley area of Raleigh County on November 26, 2023.

According to the press release, people with previous felony convictions are prevented from having a gun or ammunition in their possession by federal law. Due to prior felony convictions for first-degree robbery, conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery

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