Eric Lorenzo Sanchez, Possession of Unregistered Weapon, Arizona 2018
PHOENIX – A Hopi Tribe member has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for possessing an unregistered firearm on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona.
Eric Lorenzo Sanchez, 25, of Second Mesa, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa on CR-17-08114-PCT-DJH for possession of an unregistered weapon made from a shotgun.
Sanchez, a previously convicted felon, was involved in a car accident on June 11, 2016 on the Hopi Reservation. When law enforcement responded to the scene, they found a firearm near Sanchez's car, which was identified as a 12-gauge shotgun with a shortened barrel.
The firearm was not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, as is required for so-called 'short-barreled' shotguns. The firearm's serial number had also been obliterated in violation of the law.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Indian Affairs – Office of Justice Services (Hopi Agency). The prosecution was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander Samuels, District of Arizona, Phoenix.
Sanchez was sentenced to 18 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release.
For more information on the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona, visit www.justice.gov/usao/az/
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Key Facts
- State: Arizona
- Category: Weapons
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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