Cody Little, Federal Firearms Violations, New Mexico 2020

A Lovington man has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for federal firearms violations.

Cody Little, 43, of Lovington, New Mexico, was sentenced on July 6, 2020, in federal court to four years and nine months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possessing a stolen firearm.

According to the plea agreement and other court records, on January 25, 2020, Lovington Police officers arrested Little, who had three active arrest warrants at the time. Officers found a 9mm ammunition magazine in Little’s pocket and located a 9mm handgun in the immediate area.

Little had stolen the firearm from a nearby residence on January 15, 2020, and could be seen on footage from a doorbell camera as he removed the firearm from a vehicle in the driveway and fled on foot.

As a previously convicted felon, Little cannot legally possess firearms or ammunition. In 2013, Little pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition after previously having been convicted of burglary and larceny and battery upon a peace officer.

Upon his release from prison, Little will be subject to three years of supervised release. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated this case with assistance from the Lovington Police Department.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Dustin Segovia and Aaron Jordan prosecuted the case. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a Department of Justice initiative to reduce violent crime.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with assistance from the Lovington Police Department.

The defendant’s real full name is Cody Little. The exact criminal charges are being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possessing a stolen firearm. The city and state are Lovington, New Mexico. The exact date of the crime is January 25, 2020. The sentence is four years and nine months in prison.

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