United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of West Virginia
04/23/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/23/2025 10:16
Monongalia County Man Sentenced for Firearms Trafficking
Press Release
Monongalia County Man Sentenced for Firearms Trafficking
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Todd Matthew Houston, 36, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison for to conspiring to straw purchase firearms.
According to court documents and statements made in court, officers were called to a home in Morgantown on a domestic violence incident involving Houston and a firearm. Officers later found Houston attempting to pawn more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition at a pawn shop. The vehicle Houston was driving was searched and officers found a pistol. Investigators determined the firearm had been purchased by someone else for Houston in exchange for heroin. Houston is prohibited from having firearms because of prior felony convictions that include domestic battery, drug trafficking, robbery, and grand larceny.
Houston will serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Will Rhee prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Monongalia County Sheriff's Office investigated.
Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.
Updated April 23, 2025
Topic
Firearms Offenses
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