Massachusetts Man Sentenced to Almost 4 Years on Federal Firearm Charge

Massachusetts Man Sentenced to Almost 4 Years on Federal Firearm Charge

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on March 19, 2014. It is reproduced in full below.

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jamie

Figueroa, 22, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge

D. Brock Hornby to 46 months of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised

release for possession of a firearm by a felon. Figueroa pled guilty to the charge on November

26, 2013.

According to court records, on Sept. 2, 2013, Figueroa, a convicted felon since

2012, was arrested by Windham, Maine police officers. The police officers had responded to a

call regarding a residential disturbance and had obtained a description of the vehicle used by the

suspects. Officers located the vehicle, which had been reported stolen in New Hampshire,

stopped in the driveway of another residence in Windham. At gunpoint, officers ordered

Figueroa, who was the driver, out of the vehicle and removed a loaded revolver from his coat

pocket.

The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and

Explosives and the Windham, Maine Police Department.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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