Cedar Grove Man Sentenced on Federal Gun Charge
JACKSON, Tenn. – A Cedar Grove Man was sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison on a federal firearm charge, Monday. According to the office of U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III, Michael Barrett Roberts, 40, was sentenced to 140 months in federal prison following his guilty plea to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to the indictment, on March 2, 2012, law enforcement officers received information that methamphetamine was being manufactured at Michael Roberts‘ home located in Cedar Grove, TN. The owner of the home, who is Roberts‘ grandmother, consented to allow law enforcement to search her home. In the upper part of the house, where Roberts lived, investigators reportedly found a sawed-off Winchester 12 gauge shotgun hidden in a wall. The serial number on the weapon was obliterated, and the weapon was not registered as required by federal law. Roberts pleaded guilty on December 6, 2012 to being a felon in possession of a firearm. In addition to the prison sentence, U.S. District Judge J. Daniel Breen ordered Roberts to serve two years of supervised release. This case was investigated by the Carroll County Sheriff‘s Department, the 24th Judicial District Drug Task Force, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Beth Hall represented the government.
