A Jamestown man, who is awaiting sentencing in a pair of fatal Chautauqua County crashes, has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition in U.S. District Court in Buffalo.

U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced Wednesday that Randall Rolison, 60, entered the plea before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. It carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Earlier this month, in Chautauqua County Court, Rolison pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the Dec. 31, 2021, death of Alexis Hughan and to aggravated vehicular homicide for the Dec. 3, 2022, death of Linda Kraemer.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Louis Testani, who is handling the firearms case, stated that in January 2022, the Jamestown Police Department and FBI began investigating Rolison’s purchase of firearms outside of the state of New York and subsequent sale of the firearms in the Southern Tier of New York. The investigation determined that Rolison, an over-the-road truck driver, purchased firearms and ammunition from a roadside stand in the state of Georgia between the summer 2021 and December 2021, and subsequently transported and sold, or attempted to sell, a total of nine firearms and ammunition in New York.

Rolison sent pictures of the firearms via text message to various individuals to solicit interest in purchasing them and would subsequently straw purchase the firearms on behalf of the individuals. In June 1997, Rolison was convicted of a felony in Michigan and is

legally prohibited from possessing a firearm.

The plea is the result of an investigation by the Jamestown Police Department, under the direction of Chief Timothy Jackson, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Matthew Miraglia, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge John B. DeVito.

Sentencing is scheduled for December 19, 2023, before Judge Sinatra.