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Updated: 12:31 PM Mar 15, 2008
Local man facing firearms, moonshine violations
A Cocke County man is now facing federal firearms and moonshine violations.
Posted: 4:39 PM Mar 14, 2008 |
Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton, during a 1998 interview with WVLT.
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(WVLT) A Cocke County man is now facing federal firearms and moonshine violations.
61 year old Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton of Parrotsville is charged in a four count complaint with three federal charges, related to the making, possessing and selling of untaxed whiskey.
Sutton also faces one charge of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
If convicted, Sutton faces up to ten years in federal prison on the firearms count and five years for each of the moonshining counts.
He faces up to a $250,000 fine on each count.
Sutton will be back in court, March 28th for a preliminary hearing.
Latest Comments
Posted by: Man bear
Location: denver
on Mar 19, 2009 at 08:24 AM
hell yea thats awsome
Posted by: scott
Location: waukesha wi
on Oct 28, 2008 at 06:07 PM
let popcorn go he is one of the treasures of the blue ridge mountains
Posted by: George
Location: Georgia
on Aug 29, 2008 at 09:05 PM
Let the man alone. He is part of our heritage.
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