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FBI raids
net arrest,
gun charges
By LOU HATTER
and MARK SCOLFORO
Arundel Newapapen SUIT Writara
A joint strike force, including agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Virginia State Police, Virginia Game Commission and the Rappahannock County Sheriffs Department raided a property in Harris Hollow early Saturday morning.
The raid, as well as simultaneous operations in Fauquier and Prince William counties, was the result of a lengthy undercover investigation targeting Kenneth Allison, 36, of Marshall, according to Rappahannock County Sheriff John Henry Woodward.
Fauquier County Sheriff Ashby Olinger said Allison was arrested at his home in Marshall and remains in custody in the Alexandria city jail on federal charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He said he expects that additional charges will be filed.
According to Special Agent David Troy of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the weapons possession charge is a felony violation of the Federal Gun Control Act, and carries a possible maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Allison was arraigned before a federal magistrate on Tuesday, according to BATF agent Troy. He was ordered held without bond pending a second hearing later this week, Agent Troy added. „
Sheriff Olinger said Allison, a sheetrock contractor and avid hunter, has a record of two felony convictions for malicious wounding involving firearms, one in Loudoun and one in Fauquier.
In addition to Allison’s home behind the Marshall fire hall and the Harris Hollow property, five other properties around Marshall, Middleburg and Haymarket were searched by the strike force; Sheriff Olinger said. About 70 federal, state and local law enforcement agents participated in the operation.
See RAIDS, p. A-6
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