Deputies Recover 7 Guns While Serving Indictment

Upper Marlboro, MD… The Warrant/Fugitive Division reported the arrest last Wednesday of Paul Earnest Fleming of District Heights, MD on an indictment for Possession of a Firearm after a felony conviction, which was issued by the Circuit Court of Prince George's County on April 23, 2014.  

Warrant and Fugitive Deputies located Fleming at a residence in the 1900 hundred block of Rochelle Ave in District Heights. As they attempted to take him into custody Deputies noticed the stock of a gun in plain view after a relative went to retrieve shoes from Fleming’s closet. Fleming’s status as a convicted felon prohibited his possession of firearms. After seeing the firearms, Deputies recovered a total of 6 Rifles, 1 Shotgun, and two boxes of ammunition, one of which contained 487 rounds.

Fleming was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections.

 

He was also charged with Possession of CDS, Restriction on Possession of Ammunition, Knowingly Alerting a Firearms Identification Number, Illegal Possession Ammunition, and Rifle/Shot Possession with Felony Conviction.

For more information contact the Communications and Public Affairs Division at 301-780-7354.

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