Wake County Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Stolen Firearms as a Felon

RALEIGH, N.C. – A Wake County man was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for possessing several stolen firearms as a felon.  On October 4, 2021, Robert Cleveland Barham pled guilty to the charges.

According to court documents and other information presented in court, Barham, 30, possessed fourteen firearms that had been stolen from a self-storage unit in Wendell, North Carolina in January 2019.  When he was arrested, Barham admitted to trading several of the firearms for heroin in Henderson, North Carolina.  Barham had previously been convicted of felony breaking and entering and possessing a firearm as a felon in 2014.  Barham was also convicted of felony breaking and entering,  felony larceny and obtaining property by false pretenses in 2018. 

Michael F. Easley, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III. The Wake County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case and Assistant U.S. Attorney John Parris prosecuted the case.

Related court documents and information can be found on the website of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina or on PACER by searching for Case No. 5:20-cr-00021-D.