FROM THE LOONEY BIN TO THE JAIL BIN:
INDICTMENT WAS RESULT OF MAN HAVING PREVIOUSLY BEEN COMMITTED TO MENTAL INSTITUTION, AND WAS ALSO A CONVICTED FELON
A Magoffin County man is facing up to 15 years in federal prison, after being indicted on federal gun charges.
Bobby Wireman Jr., 42, of Salyersville, KY., received his indictment on Thursday, April 25, by a federal grand jury, for which he was charged with possession of stolen firearms and possession of firearms by a person previously committed to a mental institution. The federal indictment alleges that Bobby Wireman was found with two rifles and a shotgun back in February 2024, with all of three firearms having been reported as stolen.
Federal authorities are not only seeking to convict Bobby Wireman of the charges, but also forfeiture of the weapons, along with any ammunition or accessories.
Bobby Wireman is currently being held in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville, KY., in Johnson County, where he has been lodged since February 26, after he was brought back to the BSRDC after he was arrested by deputy Caleb Carmical of the Harlan County Sheriff Office on February 23,on an arrest warrant from Magoffin County where he was wanted on the charge of *WANTON ENDANGERMENT-1ST DEGREE; for which led to the discovery of the three stolen guns, and his newly ensued federal indictment
