Firearm, drug charge guilt admitted
WHEELING — Patrick Hauck, 34, of Wellsburg, has been convicted of federal drug and gun charges, U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II, announced Thursday.
Hauck, who has prior felony convictions for breaking and entering in Brooke County and prohibited person in possession of a firearm in federal court, was discovered in possession of a 7.62 caliber rifle in January 2015.
In February 2015, he possessed pseudoephedrine that was to be used to make methamphetamine.
He pled guilty on Wednesday to one count of felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession of pseudoephedrine to be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
Hauck faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for the firearm charge and up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for the drug charge.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David J. Perri prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the West Virginia State Police, and the Follansbee Police Department investigated.
U.S. Magistrate Judge James E. Seibert presided.
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