双重谋杀前科男子在西弗吉尼亚州非法持枪 被判监禁3年10个月
Bluefield—美国司法部11月9日宣布，48岁的 Casey Rygh 因以重罪前科人员身份持有枪支，在西弗吉尼亚州被联邦法院判处3年10个月监禁，其后监管释放3年。Rygh 来自 Minnesota 州 Rochester，1997年曾在西弗吉尼亚州 Logan 县被判两项重罪谋杀与合谋加重抢劫罪名成立。
据法庭文件，2025年8月25日，执法人员在 Mercer 县 Matoaka 一带展开名为「滚流水域行动」（Operation Rolling Waters）的通缉与逃犯清扫行动，将 Rygh 抓获。执法人员在他腰带处搜出一把已上膛的 SCCY CPX-2 型9毫米手枪。
联邦法律禁止有重罪前科者持有枪支或弹药。检方称，Rygh 清楚自己因1997年的定罪被禁止持枪。
判决由联邦资深地区法官 David A. Faber 宣判。西弗吉尼亚南区联邦检察官 Moore Capito 宣布判决，并肯定烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局（ATF）、美国法警局（USMS）及其南西弗吉尼亚 CUFFED 逃犯执法专责组的调查工作。案件由联邦助理检察官 Brian D. Parsons 起诉，案号为 1:26-cr-40。
司法部称，此案是「夺回美国行动」（Operation Take Back America）与「安全社区计划」（Project Safe Neighborhoods）的一部分。
（来源：美国司法部）
Convicted Double Murderer Sentenced to 3 Years and 10 Months in West Virginia Federal Gun Case
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — The U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 9 that Casey Rygh, 48, was sentenced in West Virginia to three years and 10 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Rygh, of Rochester, Minnesota, was convicted in Logan County, West Virginia, Circuit Court on December 15, 1997, of two counts of felony murder and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery.
According to court documents, on August 25, 2025, law enforcement officers captured Rygh as part of Operation Rolling Waters, a warrant and fugitive sweep, in the Matoaka area of Mercer County, West Virginia. Officers found Rygh possessed a loaded SCCY Model CPX-2 9mm pistol in his waistband.
Federal law prohibits a person with a prior felony conviction from possessing a firearm or ammunition, and prosecutors said Rygh knew he was prohibited because of his 1997 convictions.
Senior United States District Judge David A. Faber imposed the sentence. United States Attorney Moore Capito announced the sentence and commended the investigative work of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the United States Marshals Service (USMS), and its Cops United Felony Fugitive Enforcement Division (CUFFED) Task Force of Southern West Virginia. Assistant United States Attorney Brian D. Parsons prosecuted the case, No. 1:26-cr-40.
The Justice Department said the case is part of Operation Take Back America and of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN).
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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