HARRISBURG — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (USAO - Pennsylvania, Middle), published as received.
HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Akee Ly, age 32, of Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on August 25, 2021, to 262 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Chief Judge Matthew W. Brann for possession of firearms during a drug trafficking crime.
According to Acting U.S. Attorney Bruce D. Brandler, Ly had previously been convicted of a felony and was prohibited from possessing firearms and used a third party to purchase firearms on his behalf. During a search warrant of Ly’s home in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, officers found: an SCCY Industries pistol, a Taurus pistol, a Taurus revolver, a Springfield Armory pistol, firearm magazines, assorted ammunition, 75 grams of cocaine, $12,265, three bottles of promethazine, multiple Xanax bars, marijuana, eight Ecstasy pills, 200 THC vape bottles, and narcotics packaging material.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Ford prosecuted the case.
This case was prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.
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