A Charleston woman faces up to 10 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm Wednesday.
Tiffany Shaffer, 27, said she pulled out a pistol in front of a confidential informant whom she sold crystal methamphetamine to on Jan. 9, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Authorities searched Shaffer's home a week later and found two more guns, the release states. Her previous felony stemmed from a conviction for conspiracy to operate a clandestine drug laboratory.
Project Safe Neighborhoods, a nationwide program to reduce gun crime in the U.S., helped bring the case to court. The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conducted the investigation, according to the release.
Shaffer remained at South Central Regional Jail without bond Wednesday afternoon. Her sentencing is scheduled for June 19.