Advertisement

Paducah Man Charged For Illegal Weapon Purchase

Paducah Man Charged For Illegal Weapon Purchase
Advertisement
By West Kentucky Star Staff
Jun. 18, 2019 | PADUCAH
By West Kentucky Star Staff Jun. 18, 2019 | 02:31 PM | PADUCAH
A Paducah man was arrested Tuesday after an investigation into an illegally purchased firearm.

In late 2018, deputies with the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office seized a Taurus 9mm handgun, and detectives later learned that 48-year-old John Clayton Howard had submitted false responses on the required paperwork to purchase the gun. Police say his responses on the form did not reveal a lengthy domestic violence history involving repeated assaults on an elderly woman. That history of criminal convictions would prohibit Howard from buying a gun, according to state and federal laws.

Howard has been charged with one count of a fraudulent firearms transaction. He was taken to the McCracken County Jail.
ADVERTISEMENT
Advertisement


Latest McCracken County
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

Latest McCracken County

Advertisement
ADVERTISEMENT