ALBUQUERQUE - Ramiro Saenz, 28, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 72 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for violating the federal firearms laws.
Saenz was arrested in Sept. 2014, on a criminal complaint charging him with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition in Doña Ana County, N.M. According to the complaint, on Aug. 21, 2014, an officer of the Las Cruces Police Department recovered 1.6 grams of methamphetamine, a handgun and multiple rounds of ammunition from Saenz during a routine traffic stop.
Saenz was subsequently indicted on the same charge on Dec. 10, 2014. The indictment indicated that Saenz was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition because he previously had been convicted twice of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, aggravated assault and tampering with evidence. On March 12, 2015, Saenz pled guilty to the indictment.
This case was investigated by the Las Cruces office of Homeland Security Investigations and the Las Cruces Police Department and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Randy M. Castellano of the U.S. Attorney’s Las Cruces Branch Office.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
