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Date: 02-17-2023
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United States of America v. Lyle Justin Schirm
Case Number: 3:21-cr-00076
Judge: Marco A. Hernandez
Court: United States District Court for the District of Oregon (Multnomah County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Portland
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with shipping a handgun and ammunition to the United Kingdom and possessing a pound of meth in his residence.
In November 2020, law enforcement authorities in the U.K. notified Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) about a FedEx parcel shipped from Portland to the U.K. containing a 9mm handgun and ammunition. When interviewed by U.S. law enforcement, Lyle Justin Schirm, age 35, admitted to shipping the firearm. Schirm also told investigators he learned about shipping firearms to the U.K. by watching a video on YouTube. HSI later confirmed Schirm did not have a license to ship a firearm to the U.K.
On November 5, 2020, as part of a separate drug trafficking investigation, agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) executed a search warrant on Schirm’s northeast Portland apartment. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had previously notified DEA that Schirm was receiving international shipments of items used to manufacture counterfeit prescription pills. During their search of Schirm’s residence, investigators located what appeared to be a small laboratory used to make counterfeit Xanax pills. In addition, they located and seized two firearms, ammunition, over $14,000 in cash, and approximately one pound of methamphetamine.
On March 9, 2021, a federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment charging Schirm with smuggling goods from the U.S. One month later, on April 6, 2021, he was indicted a second time for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a trademark die, criminal attempt to manufacture adulterated and misbranded drugs, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
On May 24, 2022, Schirm pleaded guilty to smuggling goods from the U.S. and possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
These cases were investigated by HSI and DEA with assistance from CBP and the Clackamas County Interagency Task Force (CCITF). They were prosecuted by Cassady A. Adams, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon.
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
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