On January 31, 2018, following a trial in U.S. District Court in Chattanooga before the Honorable Travis R. McDonough, U.S. District Judge, a jury convicted Donald Ray Hobgood, 31, of Shelbyville, Tennessee, of three counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Sentencing is set for June 1, 2018, in U.S. District Court in Chattanooga. Hobgood faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison for each count of his conviction. If the judge determines that Hobgood qualifies as an armed career criminal, he faces a statutory mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison for each count. There is no parole in the federal system.
Law enforcement agencies participating in this joint investigation included the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Bedford County Sheriff's Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael Porter and Kyle Wilson represented the United States.
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