A Hamilton man is facing the consequences of his actions after being found with a firearm while under state probation for a 2012 felony conviction of tampering with witnesses and informants.
Andrew David Golie, 35, pleaded guilty in December 2021 to prohibited person in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Golie was sentenced to 27 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen.
The incident occurred on October 1, 2020 at approximately 4 a.m. when Missoula police officers found Golie passed out in the driver’s seat of a running car that was stopped at an intersection in Missoula. The officers smelled marijuana and saw an unholstered firearm on the passenger seat next to Golie. The firearm, a .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol, had a round loaded in the chamber and additional rounds of ammunition in the magazine. Officers also located two backpacks in the front passenger seat that contained methamphetamine and syringes.
The case was investigated by the FBI, FBI’s Montana Regional Violent Crime Task Force, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Missoula Police Department.
The Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative, a U.S. Department of Justice initiative to reduce violent crime, was also involved in the case. Through PSN, federal, tribal, state and local law enforcement partners in Montana focus on violent crime driven by methamphetamine trafficking, armed robbers, firearms offenses and violent offenders with outstanding warrants.
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Key Facts
- State: Montana
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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