On July 22, 2024, Eric Eugene Robinson, 55, of Kingsport, Tennessee, was sentenced to 262 months imprisonment by J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.Â
Following his incarceration, Robinson will be on supervised release for five years.Â
Robinson was convicted by a federal jury of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) following a two-day trial in April 2024. Â
The evidence and testimony presented during the trial showed that in early September 2020, surveillance was conducted at the Dorothy Street residence, which determined that Robinson, a convicted felon, was in possession of a firearm.Â
A search warrant was executed at the residence by the Kingsport Police Department. During the search, a 9mm pistol with a loaded magazine was located beneath a couch in the living room of the residence.
An agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives testified that the firearm was manufactured in Brazil and imported into Bainbridge, Georgia, before ultimately arriving in Tennessee.
United States Attorney Francis M. Hamilton, III of the Eastern District of Tennessee, made the announcement.
Kingsport Police Department officer Mike Slater, formerly a Task Force Officer assigned to the ATF, led the investigation with assistance from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the ATF.
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