Ridgway man pleads guilty to firearms charge
Frederick J. Zirkelbach, 48, of Ridgeway, Illinois, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Benton to an indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of firearms, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
The indictment, returned by a Federal Grand Jury on April 2, alleged that Zirkelbach was found to be in possession of 14 firearms and ammunition on March 9, following the execution of a search warrant at his residence in Ridgeway. Prior to that date Zirkelbach had been convicted of two felony offenses which made it illegal under federal law for him to possess firearms or ammunition.















