Wheeling grand jury returns multiple firearms indictments

WHEELING, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A federal grand jury has returned three indictments, charging West Virginia residents with federal firearms violations.

Robert Hypes, age 56, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was indicted for unlawful possession of a firearm.

According to reports, officers were called to Hypes’ home on a domestic incident and found a revolver and two rifles during a search.

Hypes was previously convicted of a felony in Nicolas County, West Virginia, prohibiting him from having firearms.

Timothy Nottingham, age 49, of Middlebourne, West Virginia, is charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

According to the indictment, Nottingham is prohibited from having firearms because of prior felony convictions of burglary and grand larceny in Tyler and Marshall Counties. He was arrested with a .38 caliber revolver in Tyler County.

Talon D. Feucht, age 29, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, is facing one count of unlawful possession of a firearm.

According to the indictment, Feucht, prohibited from having firearms because of a prior felony conviction in Maine, had a .38 caliber revolver in Marshall County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Clayton Reid is prosecuting the Hypes and Feucht cases. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Conklin is prosecuting the Nottingham case.

The cases were investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the Hypes case.

The Tyler County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the Nottingham investigation. The Moundsville Police Department assisted in the Feucht case.

U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld says an indictment is merely an allegation, and each defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.