RALEIGH – Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney
for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a Federal grand jury
in Raleigh has returned a three-count indictment charging HASAN EMINOF, age 20,
of Wilmington, North Carolina, with two counts of Making False Statements to a
Federal Firearm Licensee and one count of Possession of a Firearm by a Person
Adjudicated Mentally Defective or Committed to a Mental Institution.
The indictment alleges that on June 8, 2016, EMINOF made a
false and fictitious written statement on an ATF background check form to
Backwater Guns in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Specifically, the defendant represented himself to have not been
adjudicated mentally defective and not to have been committed to a mental
institution, when in fact as the defendant knew, he had been. On July 21, 2016, EMINOF attempted to
purchase a firearm from Bullzeye Shooting, also in Wilmington, by again
representing himself to have not been adjudicated mentally defective and not to
have been committed to a mental institution.
The indictment further alleges that on March 4, 2018, EMINOF, having
been adjudicated a mental defective and having been committed to a mental
institution, knowingly and unlawfully possessed firearms.
If convicted of these charges, EMINOF would face a maximum
of ten years’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release following any
term of imprisonment.
The charges and allegations contained in the Indictment are
merely accusations. The defendant is
presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Jake D. Pugh
is prosecuting the case for the government.
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