United States Attorney W. Walter Wilkins announced today that a Federal Grand Jury charged Shawn Altego Cato, age 25, of Florence, in a four-count indictment with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition on October 22, 2008, and committing the following federal charges on December 11, 2008: felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition; possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine; and possessing a firearm in furtherance of the drug trafficking crime.
The maximum penalty Cato could receive is life imprisonment.
The case was investigated by the Florence Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Rose Mary Parham of the Florence Office, as a part of Project Cease Fire, an initiative of the United States Attorneys Office targeting gun crimes.
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