Man With 9 Prior Burglary Felonies Gets 24 Years, 2 Months In Federal Prison After Gun Conviction

  • Monday, September 15, 2014
Victor Stitt, 32, of Manchester, was sentenced to serve 290 months in prison after his prior nine felonies qualified him as an armed career criminal.
 
He appeared before Judge Sandy. Mattice, who presided over his trial in April.
 
        During the trial, the jury was told that Coffee County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic violence assault call at the residence of Stitt’s then girlfriend, after receiving information that he had assaulted her and threatened her with a handgun.  He had left the scene before the deputies arrived, but was subsequently located at his family’s house in Cannon County.  At that time, Stitt was within arm’s reach of a handgun.
 
He previous convictions were for aggravated burglary.
As a result, he faced a mandatory sentence of at least 15 years in prison.
 
        The indictment and subsequent conviction of Stitt was the result of an investigation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and Coffee County Sheriff’s Office.  Assistant U.S. Attorneys Terra L. Bay and Meredith J. Edwards represented the United States at trial.
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