Parkersburg Man Sentenced For Federal Firearms Crime

Saturday, August 23, 2025, 8:15 A.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

CHARLESTON, W.VA.- A 33-year-old Parkersburg, West Virginia, man with an extensive criminal history was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm by a convicted felon.

     According to Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa G. Johnston, on Thursday, August 21, 2025, Michael David Enoch, 33, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia and was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph R. Goodwin to 70 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to being a Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm, Convicted Felon.

According To Court Documents

     According to the court document filed in this case, on December 15, 2024, members of the Parkersburg Police Department approached Enoch on a Parkersburg street and informed him of an active warrant for his arrest. When Enoch reached for his waistband, Police Officers stopped Enoch and found a Taurus 9mm semiautomatic handgun concealed in his waistband.

     Federal law prohibits a person with a prior felony conviction or a misdemeanor conviction for domestic violence from owning or possessing a firearm and ammunition. Enoch knew that when he possessed the handgun on December 15, 2024, he was a prohibited person due to his prior felony convictions for wanton endangerment involving a firearm, escape, and receiving or transferring a stolen vehicle in Wood County Circuit Court in February 2019.

     In handing down the sentence on Thursday, Judge Goodwin noted Enoch’s extensive criminal history, which includes other multiple convictions for battery, domestic battery, fleeing from police, battery on a government representative, and violation of a protective order.

     Acting U.S. Attorney Johnston commended the investigative work of the Parkersburg Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, which led to the successful prosecution of Enoch.