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October 15, 2007

Central falls man pleads guilty in firearms/drug case

PROVIDENCE -- Oluwabusayo Ogundare, 21, most recently of Central Falls, today pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing crack cocaine, U.S. Attorney Robert Clark Corrente's office announced.

In May, the Providence police seized a handgun and several crack cocaine packages from Ogundare at a gas station on Elmwood Avenue, a news release says.
Ogundare entered the plea before U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith in U.S. District Court, Providence. Ogundare is being held pending sentencing, which Judge Smith scheduled for Jan. 18. Maximum penalty for the two offenses is 12 years in federal prison and a $500,000 fine.

Prosecutor Peter F. Neronha said at the plea hearing that the government could show that on May 19 at about 2:45 a.m. police officers went to an Elmwood Avenue gas station for a 911 call about a man with a gun.

Officers saw Ogundare, who answered the description from the 911 call, getting into a car, and ordered him out of the car. They seized a 0.22-caliber pistol from a holster in his waistband and seized from him seven bags of crack cocaine.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 3:50 PM | Permalink

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