Area man pleads guilty to possessing stolen gun
WAYNESBURG – A Dilliner man scheduled for jury selection Wednesday on charges including possession of a stolen handgun instead pleaded guilty before Greene County Judge Lou Dayich.
Nathaniel Lee Chipps, 20, of 2389 S. Eighty Eight Road, waived his right to a jury trial and pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property and persons not to possess, sell or transfer firearms.
Chipps was arrested after he sold another man a .45-caliber pistol Feb. 20 in Bobtown. The gun was registered to Clinton Morrison, who told police he had not given anyone permission to possess his gun.
Police said Chipps’ criminal record prohibited him from possession a firearm.
Dayich ordered Chipps’ bond be revoked and Chipps was transferred to the Greene County jail. He will be sentenced following completion of a pre-sentence report.